Israel releases 39 Palestinians

Thirty-nine Palestinian prisoners and detainees—all teenagers, including a 14-year-old—were freed from Israeli prisons later Sunday, officials said, Report informs, citing CNN.

It marks the third such exchange during the truce. The same number of hostages and Palestinian prisoners were exchanged on Saturday, according to Israeli officials.

A bus carrying Palestinian teenagers released from Israeli prisons arrived in the center of the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday evening local time.

The group released Sunday included boys aged 18 and younger; two are 15 years old, and one, the youngest released, is 14.

They were welcomed in Ramallah by hundreds of well-wishers, some waving Palestinian flags, others carrying the flag of Hamas.