Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

QATANNA: A stone’s throw from the wall separating Israel and the occupied West Bank, the Shamasneh family is ready to welcome home two sons jailed for the past 34 years. Abdel…

Palestinians, meanwhile, awaited the release of more than 1,900 of prisoners held by Israel, with the first two buses leaving Ofer Prison.