It is the final release of hostages and prisoners in the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire, which began last month.

A bus carrying a handful of released Palestinian prisoners left Israel's Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank and arrived in the Palestinian city of Ramallah today, an overnight exchange marking the final swap as part of a fragile truce in Gaza.

Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank on Sunday for the first time in decades in what Palestinian authorities called a “dangerous escalation,” after the defense minister said troops will remain in parts of the territory for a year and tens of thousands of Palestinians who have fled cannot return.