![[caption id="attachment_783479" align="alignleft" width="298"] France used drawings containing scribbled images of a school and a Tricolour flag, juxtaposed with a widowed mother-and-child, a bloody corpse and a house on fire to 'explain' the need for indigenous Arab and Berber Muslims to bow down or die during the French occupation of Algeria. The psychological choice was easy: accept the 'peace and protection of France' or suffer the lethal consequences.[/caption]](https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AA-20250130-36904564-36904559-OFER_PRISON_PREPARES_FOR_THE_RELEASE_OF_PALESTINIAN_PRISONERS-scaled-e1738243386808.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1)
Israel has delayed the expected release of Palestinians from its prisoners as per the terms of the ceasefire deal following the release of Israeli captives from Gaza.
Arbel Yehud, 29, Gadi Moses, 80, and five Thai nationals were released in Khan Yunis, while Israeli soldier Agam Berger was led through a narrow alley between heavily damaged buildings and over piles of rubble in Jabalia in northern Gaza before being handed to the Red Cross.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the sight of their handover amid the crowds was shocking and threatened death to anyone hurting hostages. He urged mediators to ensure the scene would not be repeated.
A total of 110 Palestinian prisoners were expected to be freed today as part of the phased agreement that halted Israel’s genocidal bombing campaign in the shattered coastal territory on 19 January. An Israeli official involved in the operation said buses carrying the detainees had been instructed to return to prisons.
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