Under the agreement, Hamas released the last 20 surviving hostages after more than two years in captivity

Under the ceasefire deal, Israel is due to release nearly 2,000 prisoners held in its jails

In the Palestinian city of Ramallah, huge crowds gathered to welcome home the first buses carrying prisoners

"Welcome home," Israel's foreign ministry said in a series of posts on X, hailing the return of the hostages

Under the ceasefire agreement, Hamas is also due to return the bodies of the 27 hostages who died or were killed in captivity, as well as the remains of a soldier killed in 2014 during a previous Gaza conflict