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Family and friends of the Dahadgni family celebrate the release of Abu Naser Dahadgni in Shuafat refugee camp, East Jerusalem , December 31, 2013. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinians are released from Israeli prisons after 20 years

Twenty-six Palestinian prisoners from Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank were released early Tuesday morning in the third stage of a prisoner release deal secured by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to facilitate peace talks. A total of 104 Palestinian prisoners, all jailed before the start of the Oslo peace talks 20 years ago,…

By Activestills December 31, 2013

Family members and friends celebrate as they wait for the release of 26 Palestinian Prisoners jailed in Israeli prisons in the Mukata presidential compound on October 29, 2013 in Ramallah, West Bank. (Hamde Abu Rahma/Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Palestinians celebrate prisoner release in West Bank

Palestinians celebrated as they received 26 prisoners who were released from Israeli prisons in the early hours of Wednesday. The men were freed in the second stage of a deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority designed to enable a return to negotiations. Thousands of people gathered in Ramallah and throughout the West Bank to…

By Activestills October 30, 2013