Palestinians celebrate as the wait for the arrival of prisoners freed from Israeli detention in the headquarters of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 26 Palestinian prisoners from Gaza and the West Bank were released as the first stage of a prisoner release agreement, secured by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of renewed peace talks. A total of 104 Palestinian prisoners, all jailed before the start of the Oslo peace talks 20 years ago, are eventually supposed to be released over the next nine months.
