Middle East tensions: prisoner release demanded, Israel reinforces presence

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*Palestine, prisoner's relative refuse to go back home until the release is done *Israel to maintain its presence in the West Bank to prevent residents from returning *Israel, PM assures armed forces will remain in Syria and Lebanon indefinitely *Palestine, trade deficit widened

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00:00Welcome back, Palestinian families waited in Ramallah the release of their loved ones

00:20for hours and after the delay they decided not to return to their homes until the release

00:25was done.

00:26Some of the relatives managed to spend the night in two hotels, but others, including

00:31families with children, slept in their cars.

00:34Saturday was set so that Israel released few more than 600 Palestinian prisoners and detainees,

00:41445 detainees in Gaza, 97 people that will be deported to other countries, 43 West Bank

00:47prisoners and East Jerusalem plus other 11 detained people in Gaza before October 7.

00:56All our feelings crumbled.

01:04After the joy we felt when we found the name and the list of names of the discovered prisoners.

01:09We were very happy and suddenly everything fell apart.

01:13It was an overwhelming day, but, thanks to God, our hope in God is great and, if God

01:18wants, they will be released.

01:21For now, we are still waiting.

01:24Israeli forces assured that they will remain in the West Bank for a year to prevent the

01:28return of Palestinians to their homes.

01:31Israel's defense ministry announced the deployment of a tank division in Jenin, marking the first

01:35operation of its kind in the West Bank.

01:38Reports say this move is part of an expanded offensive that is already on its 34th day.

01:43It also stated that about 40,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced from Jenin, Tul Karem

01:49and Nursham refugee camps.

01:52Israeli forces will maintain their presence in these camps over the next year to prevent

01:56residents from returning.

01:58Israeli attacks demolish dozens of homes and destroy large stretches of roads, as well

02:03as cutting off water and power supplies, causing an abrupt violation of human rights.

02:11Likewise, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reported that the Zionist regime's

02:19forces will continue to occupy strategic locations in Lebanon and Syria, while using the South

02:24Syrian Druze community as a pretext for their occupation.

02:27At an officer graduation ceremony, Netanyahu emphasized that Israeli forces will remain

02:32in the Golan Heights and Bufferson indefinitely under the pretext of protecting illegal Israeli

02:38settlements.

02:39Similarly, he reported that they will maintain strategic positions along the northern border

02:43inside Lebanon until the Lebanese army and government fully comply with their conditions.

02:51Meanwhile in Palestine, trade deficits widened to 33% year-on-year amid Israeli military

02:57campaign.

02:58According to the Palestinian Central Statistics Office, imports rose to $598 million.

03:04The Palestinian Minister of Labour, Enas Atare, warned about the serious crisis suffered by

03:09the population in territories occupied by the genocide and the blockading of poles by

03:14Israel, stressing that recently the economy lost $20 million every day as a consequence.

03:20The institution also highlighted that even with the most optimistic scenario of a 10%

03:26annual growth, only in 2035 would the economic levels of 2006 be reached.

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