Abdel Qader Sabbah
and Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Oct 13, 2025

In Khan Younis, thousands of people gathered to greet the freed detainees, who arrived in dozens of buses operated by the Red Cross and in Red Crescent ambulances. The crowds gathered in the courtyard of Nasser Hospital and on rooftops and balconies overlooking the medical complex where the freed captives were taken for medical checks. Nasser hospital, which has been repeatedly bombed by the Israeli military, is one of only 13 out of 38 hospitals still partially functioning in Gaza.

Freed detainees wearing gray jumpsuits leaned out of bus windows and waved to the crowds. Family members and friends embraced them through the windows as they drove by.

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“My message to the people of Gaza: Do not lose hope, do not despair,” a freed Palestinian prisoner said.

^{Abdel Qader Sabbah (Drop Site News)}