Hundreds of freed Palestinian prisoners and detainees have been welcomed with tears and screams of joy as they were released by Israel to be reunited with their families in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
The release involved about 250 prisoners who had been convicted of crimes including murder and deadly attacks against Israelis - and about 1,700 detainees from Gaza who had been held by Israel without charge.
As prisoners exited a Red Cross bus in Ramallah, many draped in traditional Keffiyeh scarves, they looked pale and gaunt, with some struggling to walk.
They were freed as part of an exchange in which 20 Israeli hostages, and the remains of some deceased hostages, were released by Hamas.
He is ready to embrace freedom, said Amro Abdullah, 24, who was waiting for his cousin Rashid Omar, 48, who was arrested in July 2005 and sentenced to life in prison by an Israeli court after being found guilty of murder and other crimes.
I want peace, Mr Abdallah said. I want to live a happy life, safe and peaceful, without occupation and without restrictions.
It is thought about 100 prisoners were released into the West Bank, with many others set to be deported and a small number freed into East Jerusalem.
In Gaza, families gathered at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the hope of being reunited with their loved ones. A field hospital adjacent to the main hospital building was set up to receive them.
This is a very beautiful feeling - happy, a day of joy, said Muhammad Hasan Saeed Dawood, 50, who told the BBC he was there to collect his son who he says was arrested by Israeli forces at a checkpoint.
We call it a national holiday, that our detainees are being released despite the cost of the war, the martyrs, the injured, and the destruction in Gaza.
Ahead of the release in Ramallah, ambulances from the Palestine Red Crescent Society set up in preparation to treat any injured prisoners.
Many families were reluctant to speak to the media, saying they had been warned against doing so by the Israeli military. Nevertheless, emotions ran high showing the significant impact of this event on the Palestinian community.
Multiple medics and family members said the prisoners who were released in Ramallah had faced beatings in recent days prior to their release. The BBC cannot verify claims of mistreatment in Israeli prisons; however, Israel's top court said last month that Palestinian prisoners were not being given adequate food.
The hostage and prisoner exchange is part of Donald Trump's peace plan aimed at ending the war in Gaza, triggered by the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel earlier this month, which resulted in substantial casualties on both sides.
A ceasefire took hold on Friday, and further negotiations are anticipated over the latter phases of the peace plan.
