Israel has released 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages captured by Hamas, as the fragile ceasefire held after a standoff over aid deliveries.

Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees on Saturday in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages captured by Hamas.

One of the Palestinian prisoners released in the fifth hostage-prisoner swap under the Gaza ceasefire deal holds an assault rifle while being carried on the shoulders of a man upon arrival at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 8, 2025. (EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images)

Fakhri Barghouti grimaced in pain as an exultant crowd lifted him onto their shoulders next to his son Shadi, released from an Israeli jail on Saturday under a Gaza ceasefire deal.

One of the last things Oran Almog saw was broken glass, blood and bodies after a suicide bombing in Israel rendered him blind when he was just 10 years old and killed 21 people, including his brother,

Buses carrying some of the hundreds of Palestinian freed prisoners and detainees, some flashing victory signs as they hung from the windows.

Chen, Russian-Israeli Alexandre Troufanov and Argentinian-Israeli Iair Horn -- on Saturday were released by militant Hamas in exchange for 369 prisoners.