Akram Saleh now spends eight hours commuting from his workplace in Ramallah to Aboud, a journey that normally takes only a few minutes.

Crowds of cheering Palestinians greeted prisoners released by Israel as they arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah Saturday.

Those released during exchange for hostages include 121 serving life sentences for terror attacks that killed dozens; 70 of the released are exiled to Egypt

The sudden expansion of Israeli security operations in the West Bank has killed at least 10 people and follows the start of the delicate ceasefire process in Gaza, by which Israeli hostages are released in stages and will also see the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces.

Hamas, based in Gaza, has over recent years expanded its reach in the West Bank, where the Palestinian Authority, dominated by the rival Fatah faction, exercises limited governance. On Tuesday, Hamas called on Palestinians in the territory to escalate fighting against Israel.

Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah have celebrated the arrival of buses carrying dozens of prisoners released as part of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians celebrate as buses filled with prisoners released in ceasefire arrive in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

An Israeli drone strike on a vehicle near the West Bank town of Qabatiya killed two people, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday, the fourth day of a large-scale Israeli operation in the nearby city of Jenin launched after the truce in Gaza.

Israel’s defense minister has announced a series of raids that he says are targeting “terrorism” in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian officials warned of a “man-made disaster.”

A hundred Palestinian prisoners, released this Saturday by Israel in the West Bank, arrived in Ramallah, where a reception center had been prepared for them. Hundreds of people, including family members,

The Palestinian prisoners released by Israel include 120 who were serving life sentences after being convicted of deadly attacks on Israelis. Around 70 were released into Egypt after being banned from returning to Israeli or Palestinian territory. (AP video by Mohammad Jahjouh)