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Scepticism and anticipation among Palestinians gathered near Ofer Prison | Charles Stratford (Reporting near Ofer prison, occupied West Bank)
[There are] hundreds if not thousands of people who have gathered on a hill overlooking the Ofer Prison in expectation of these 39 women and minors that are going to be – in theory – brought here by the Israelis on buses.
![We’ve seen at least one bus leave one of those jails in northern Israel a few hours ago.
People have begun to light bonfires here, very excited about this prisoner-captive swap.
But there are so many questions that remain unanswered.
There are, as you can imagine, years of distrust [and] mistreatment at the hands of the Israeli military here in the occupied territories, so people are still sceptical as to whether this [release] could happen.](https://noc.social/system/media_attachments/files/111/466/280/622/924/629/original/07037a3000609da3.jpg "We’ve seen at least one bus leave one of those jails in northern Israel a few hours ago.
People have begun to light bonfires here, very excited about this prisoner-captive swap.
But there are so many questions that remain unanswered.
There are, as you can imagine, years of distrust [and] mistreatment at the hands of the Israeli military here in the occupied territories, so people are still sceptical as to whether this [release] could happen.")