SHOTLIST:

DEIR AL BALAH GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE (JAN. 5, 2026) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL)

1. VARIOUS OF ICRC VEHICLES ARRIVING

2. VARIOUS OF RELEASED PRISONERS GETTING OFF VEHICLES AND GREETING THEIR RELATIVES

3. VARIOUS OF ICRC VEHICLES DEIR AL BALAH GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE - JAN. 5, 2026: A group of Palestinians detained by Israel was released on Monday, Jan. 5, as part of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement reached between Israel and Hamas.

The released Palestinians were transferred through the Kerem Shalom crossing with the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city of Deir al-Balah.

Relatives of the freed Palestinians gathered at the hospital, welcoming their loved ones with scenes of emotional reunions.

Israel released about 1,700 detainees from Gaza since Oct. 13 under a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas. Most of those freed arrived in poor health and reported torture, starvation and humiliation during their detention.

More than 10,000 Palestinians, including women and children, remain held in Israeli prisons, where many face abuse, starvation and medical neglect that has led to multiple deaths, according to Israeli and Palestinian human rights organizations.

Despite the ceasefire, Israel continues to violate the agreement by failing to allow in the agreed quantities of medical aid trucks, deepening what the health ministry described as a critical and ongoing health emergency.

Since the ceasefire agreement came into effect on Oct. 10, the Israeli army has committed hundreds of violations, killing 422 Palestinians and wounding 1,189 others, according to the Health Ministry.

Israel’s two-year war killed nearly 71,400 Palestinians, most of them women and children, injured more than 171,200 others, and left the enclave in ruins.