Palestinian reports said that the first batch of Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

The Palestinian Authority's press office said on Sunday that a number of those released from Israeli prisons arrived with their families in East Jerusalem. There was no official confirmation from the Israeli authorities at first.

Buses from the International Committee of the Red Cross arrived on Sunday evening at Ofer Israeli prison, west of Ramallah, in the central occupied West Bank.

Buses bearing the emblem of the International Committee of the Red Cross entered the prison, after coming from Jerusalem.

In the vicinity of the prison, on the Beitunia side (a Palestinian town located between Jerusalem and Ramallah), the Israeli occupation army declared the area near the prison a closed military zone and prevented the gathering of prisoners’ families.

Dozens of relatives of prisoners expected to be released are scattered throughout the area from which Red Cross buses are scheduled to depart for Ramallah.

About 90 prisoners are expected to be released on Sunday, hours after Hamas released three Israeli women who had been held in the Gaza Strip since the October 7, 2023 attacks.

In the first phase of the agreement, 33 detainees are scheduled to be exchanged for 1,904 Palestinian prisoners.