Free at last

Raghad Fan (center), a Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli prison, is greeted by her family on her release under a truce deal between Israel and Hamas in exchange for hostages held in Gaza, in Baytunia in the occupied West Bank on Nov. 24, 2023. After 48 days of gunfire and bombardment that claimed thousands of lives, the first hostages to be released under a truce deal between Israel and Hamas were handed over on Nov. 24, both sides said, nearly seven weeks after they were seized.