(20 Jan 2025)
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Salem town, near Nablus, West Bank – 20 January 2025
1. Various of family, relatives and friends of Dunia Maarouf Shtayeh, Palestinian prisoner released as part of ceasefire deal, dancing and celebrating
2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dunia Maarouf Shtayeh, released Palestinian prisoner: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
"(The feeling) is frankly indescribable. I feel like I am in a dream, or a nightmare, I don’t know what it is. It is a beautiful feeling but at the same time there is a lump in my throat, because we got out and there was a lot of martyrs’ blood, that’s first, the price is not small, it was paid before."
3. Wide of woman ululating
4. Wide of Shtayeh and woman dancing
5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Dunia Maarouf Shtayeh, Palestinian prisoner released as part of ceasefire deal and exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners: ++STARTS ON SHOT 3 AND PARTLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 6++
“We wish freedom for the rest of the free people (detainees) in all the prisons. We ask God to keep us happy, victorious and free until our last breath in this life. God willing, it will be completed with complete victory and urgent freedom for all the nation. We hope that no one will remain in prisons and that we will disgrace the jailer."
6. Various of women hugging and dancing
STORYLINE:
The family of Dunia Maarouf Shtayeh, a young Palestinian woman who had been held in Israeli detention, celebrated her release on Monday as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel.
Shtayeh was one of 90 Palestinian prisoners who were freed from Israeli jail as part of the truce that saw three Israeli hostages released from Gaza in exchange.
As she celebrated her released with relatives on Monday, Shtayeh wore a floral crown and held a bouquet as she danced to the sound of music in the town of Salem, near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
"I feel like I am in a dream, or a nightmare, I don’t know what it is," Shtayeh said of her release.
"It is a beautiful feeling but at the same time there is a lump in my throat because we got out and there was a lot of martyrs’ blood… the price is not small."
The 20-year-old was a Sharia student at An-Najah National University.
She was arrested by Israeli forces at her home in July last year and charged with "incitement against Israel" following posts put on social media.
She had not been sentenced before her release on Monday.
"We wish freedom for the rest of the free people (detainees) in all the prisons. We ask God to keep us happy, victorious and free until our last breath in this life," Shtayeh said from her home, surrounded by family members and friends.
Dozens of Palestinian prisoners were freed by Israel after three hostages left Hamas captivity in an exchange that took place after 15 months of collective grief and anxiety.
Both Israelis and Palestinians are torn between celebration and trepidation as the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took hold Sunday.
The skies above Gaza and Israel were silent for the first time in over a year, and Palestinians began returning to what was left of the homes.
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