FREE - Israel and Palestinians Swap Prisoners

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Darren Whiteside / Reuters A Palestinian man waits at Beituniya checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah for the release of prisoners from Israeli jails on October 18.

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Palestinian girls wave the Fatah flag during a celebration for the release of hundreds of prisoners following a swap with captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on October 18, 2011 in Gaza City. Crowds of Palestinians, many of them overwhelmed and in tears, welcomed home hundreds of freed detainees in the West Bank and Gaza , under a landmark prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Alessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images

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lia Yefimovich / Getty Images Palestinians wait in an area next to a checkpoint for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prisons next to Bitunian checkpoint on October 18 in Ramallah, West Bank. A high-profile prisoner swap began before dawn today.

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Ibraheem Abu Mustafa / Reuters Relatives of Palestinian prisoners, about to be freed in a prisoner swap between Hamas and Israel, celebrate as they prepare to receive them at Rafah Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on October 18.

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EAST JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Palestinians wave flags during celebrations marking the prisoner swap deal reached between Israel and Hamas October 18, 201 in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Isawiyya, Israel. Hundreds of people gathered in East Jerusalem to celebrate the return of prisoners freed under a swap deal with Israel that freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who was captured in 2006. (Photo by David Vaaknin/Getty Images)

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Palestinians from the Gaza Strip celebrate the release of hundreds of prisoners following a swap with captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on October 18, 2011 in Gaza City. Crowds of Palestinians, many of them overwhelmed and in tears, welcomed home hundreds of freed detainees in the West Bank and Gaza , under a landmark prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Alessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinian youths celebrate the release of prisoners at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Tens of thousands of flag-waving Palestinians on Tuesday celebrated the homecoming of hundreds of prisoners from Israel with mass rallies in the West Bank and Gaza, as political leaders jockeyed for credit for the most significant prisoner release by Israel in nearly three decades. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

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Palestinian children wave their national flags, at the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011. They were celebrating the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees from Israeli jails in a prisoners exchange between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel. A banner in Arabic reads: "Freedom to our remaining prisoners." (AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

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A Palestinian women holds a flag of the militant Palestinian group Hamas, left, and a flag of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group in the other hand during a rally, at the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011. They were celebrating the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees from Israeli jails in a prisoners exchange between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Palestinians wait at the Beituniya checkpoint for released Palestinian prisoners to cross into the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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A Palestinian woman celebrates the release of prisoners at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Tens of thousands of flag-waving Palestinians on Tuesday celebrated the homecoming of hundreds of prisoners from Israel with mass rallies in the West Bank and Gaza, as political leaders jockeyed for credit for the most significant prisoner release by Israel in nearly three decades. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

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Palestinians wait at the Beituniya checkpoint for released Palestinian prisoners to cross into the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Hamas supporters gathered in force - a rare sight in the Fatah-dominated West Bank [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera]

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Fatah members wave flags depicting Marwan Barghouthi - many from all political factions had hoped for his release, yet he remains imprisoned [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera]

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Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a leftist group, also celebrated [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera]

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 18: A Palestinian prisoner hugs relatives as she speaks on a mobile phone after arriving in Mukata following her release on October 18, 2011 in Ramallah, West Bank. Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

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EAST JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A Palestinian children hold flags during celebrations marking the prisoner swap deal reached between Israel and Hamas October 18, 201 in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Isawiyya, Israel. Hundreds of people gathered in East Jerusalem to celebrate the return of prisoners freed under a swap deal with Israel that freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who was captured in 2006. (Photo by David Vaaknin/Getty Images)

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MITZPE HILA, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israelis react after seeing the first images of Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit on TV following his release on October 18, 2011 in Mitzpe Hila, Israel. A high-profile prisoner swap, which will see the release of captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, began before dawn today. Shalit is to be freed after more than 5 years of captivity in Gaza in an exchange deal which will see the release of 477 Palestinian prisoners in an initial deal with another 550 to be freed after the return of Shalit. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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MITZPE HILA, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israelis react after seeing the first images of Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit on TV following his release on October 18, 2011 in Mitzpe Hila, Israel. A high-profile prisoner swap, which will see the release of captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, began before dawn today. Shalit is to be freed after more than 5 years of captivity in Gaza in an exchange deal which will see the release of 477 Palestinian prisoners in an initial deal with another 550 to be freed after the return of Shalit. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israelis react as they watch Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit on television as he arrives at his hometown of Mitzpe Hila Israel, outside a protest tent near Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence on October 18, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Shalit was freed after being held captive since 2006 in Gaza by Hamas militants in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by David Vaaknin/Getty Images)

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MITZPE HILA, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israelis react after seeing the first images of Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit on TV following his release on October 18, 2011 in Mitzpe Hila, Israel. A high-profile prisoner swap, which will see the release of captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, began before dawn today. Shalit is to be freed after more than 5 years of captivity in Gaza in an exchange deal which will see the release of 477 Palestinian prisoners in an initial deal with another 550 to be freed after the return of Shalit. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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MITZPE HILA, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israelis react as they see the first images of Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit on TV following his release on October 18, 2011 in Mitzpe Hila, Israel. A high-profile prisoner swap, which will see the release of captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, began before dawn today. Shalit is to be freed after more than 5 years of captivity in Gaza in an exchange deal which will see the release of 477 Palestinian prisoners in an initial deal with another 550 to be freed after the return of Shalit. (Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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MITZPE HILA, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israeli supporters of captive soldier Gilad Shalit celebrate on his arrival to his home on October 18, 2011 in Mitzpe Hila, Israel. Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.(Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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MITZPE HILA, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israeli supporters of captive soldier Gilad Shalit celebrate on his arrival to his home on October 18, 2011 in Mitzpe Hila, Israel. Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.(Photo by Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israelis react as they watch Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit on television as he arrives at his hometown of Mitzpe Hila Israel, outside a protest tent near Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence on October 18, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. Shalit was freed after being held captive since 2006 in Gaza by Hamas militants in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by David Vaaknin/Getty Images)

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TEL NOF AIRBASE, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Israeli soldiers react as they watch the first footage of released Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit at a media centre in Tel Nof Airbase on October 18, 2011 in central Israel. Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by Ahikam Seri/Getty Images)

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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit , center, walks to a car after landing in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel,Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking thin, weary and dazed, an Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners whose joyful families greeted them with massive celebrations. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Residents wave to two Israeli military helicopters, one of them transporting released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, as they approach Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Schalit, who was freed in a prisoner swap with Hamas, landed just outside his hometown in northern Israel Tuesday afternoon on board a military helicopter, hours after he was freed from more than five years in captivity in the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Baz Ratner / Reuters - Aviva (4th right) and Noam Schalit (2nd right), parents of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, are escorted to a waiting helicopter in Tefen in northern Israel before heading to an air base in the center of the country on October 18. Gaza's Hamas Islamist rulers released Schalit on Tuesday in return for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a Hamas military source said, in a deal ending a saga that has gripped Israel for five years. On reaching Israel, Schalit will be flown by helicopter to an air base where he will be greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reunited with his family.

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APTN Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit is seen after his release on October 18, 2011.

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Released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, center, prepares for a video interview as Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzouk, deputy chairman of Hamas's political bureau, right, stands next to him on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, Monday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking dazed, a thin and pale, Gilad Schalit emerged from a pickup truck Tuesday under the escort of his Hamas captors and the Egyptian mediators who helped arrange the Israeli tank crewman's release after more than five years in captivity. (AP Photo/Khalid Farid)

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APTN Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit is seen giving an interview to Egyptian television after his release on October 18 Freed Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit said on Tuesday he was in good health and he hoped his release in exchange for hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons would lead to peace between the two peoples.

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A Hamas cameraman stands behind released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, Monday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking dazed, a thin and pale, Gilad Schalit emerged from a pickup truck Tuesday under the escort of his Hamas captors and the Egyptian mediators who helped arrange the Israeli tank crewman's release after more than five years in captivity. (AP Photo/Khalid Farid)

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TEL NOF AIRBASE, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: In this handout photo provided by the the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit (L) is followed by his family after meeting them for the first time in five years at Tel Nof Airbase on October 18, 2011 in central Israel. Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by GPO via Getty Images)

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Israeli Defense Forces via AP - In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, released Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, center, salutes as he is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, at the Tel Nof Air base in southern Israel on Oct. 18. Looking thin, weary and dazed, the Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners whose joyful families greeted them with massive celebrations.

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In this photo released by the Israeli Government Press Office, released Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, center, salutes as he arrives at Tel Nof Air base in southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking thin, weary and dazed, an Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners whose joyful families greeted them with massive celebrations. (AP Photo/ GPO, HO)

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TEL NOF AIRBASE, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: In this handout photo provided by the Israeli Defence Force, freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit (2nd R) walks with (L-R) Defence Minister Ehud Barak, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his father Naom Shalit at Tel Nof Airbase on October 18, 2011 in central Israel. Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by IDF viaGetty Images)

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EAST JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: A Palestinian on horseback waves a flag during celebrations marking the prisoner swap deal reached between Israel and Hamas October 18, 201 in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Isawiyya, Israel. Hundreds of people gathered in East Jerusalem to celebrate the return of prisoners freed under a swap deal with Israel that freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who was captured in 2006. (Photo by David Vaaknin/Getty Images)

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West Bank Palestinians gather at a checkpoint near Ofer prison to welcome those freed in the deal [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera] The first phase of the prisoner exchange saw 477 Palestinian prisoners freed on Tuesday, October 18, in exchange for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Eager to greet the newly released Palestinian prisoners, West Bank Palestinians gathered at Ofer checkpoint, near Ramallah - the agreed-upon location of the prisoners' release into the territory. However, after waiting for hours, Israeli soldiers announced that the 110 prisoners due to be released into the West Bank were being taken straight to Palestinian Authority headquarters at Al Muqata in Ramallah.

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Israeli troops and border police kept their distance from crowds until it was announced that Israeli officials would take the detainees by another route [Credit: Lazar Simeonov]

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Palestinians at the Ofer checkpoint became angry at news of the detour, after waiting hours to greet their loved ones [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera]

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Israeli border police fire teargas at Palestinians outside the Ofer military prison near the in West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Minor clashes erupted between Israeli troops and Palestinians awaiting the return of released prisoners, after finding out they were taken into the West Bank through a different checkpoint. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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following the announcement that those freed would not be arriving at Ofer , a section of the crowd began throwing stones at Israeli troops, who responded with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and 'skunkwater' water cannon [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera]

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Released Palestinian prisoners arrive at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Tens of thousands of flag-waving Palestinians on Tuesday celebrated the homecoming of hundreds of prisoners from Israel with mass rallies in the West Bank and Gaza, as political leaders jockeyed for credit for the most significant prisoner release by Israel in nearly three decades. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)

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Relatives wave for deported freed Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails while their bus crosses into Egypt from the Egyptian terminal of the Gaza Egypt border crossing of Rafah, Egypt Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking dazed, a thin and pale Gilad Schalit emerged from a pickup truck Tuesday under the escort of his Hamas captors and the Egyptian mediators who helped arrange the Israeli tank crewman's release after more than five years in captivity. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Freed Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails wave their hands from a bus leaves the Egyptian side of Rafah crossing terminal to Gaza Strip, Rafah, Egypt Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking dazed, a thin and pale Gilad Schalit emerged from a pickup truck Tuesday under the escort of his Hamas captors and the Egyptian mediators who helped arrange the Israeli tank crewman's release after more than five years in captivity. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Relatives wave for deported freed Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails while their bus crosses into Egypt from the Egyptian terminal of the Gaza Egypt border crossing of Rafah, Egypt Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking dazed, a thin and pale Gilad Schalit emerged from a pickup truck Tuesday under the escort of his Hamas captors and the Egyptian mediators who helped arrange the Israeli tank crewman's release after more than five years in captivity. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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Freed Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails flash the victory sign from a bus leaves the Egyptian side of Rafah crossing terminal to Gaza Strip, Rafah, Egypt Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking dazed, a thin and pale Gilad Schalit emerged from a pickup truck Tuesday under the escort of his Hamas captors and the Egyptian mediators who helped arrange the Israeli tank crewman's release after more than five years in captivity. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Andrew Winning / Reuters Palestinian prisoners enter Gaza via the Rafah crossing from Egypt on October 18.

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Egyptian police officers stand guard as a convoy of buses transporting freed Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails leave the Egyptian terminal of the Gaza Egypt border crossing of Rafah, Egypt Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Looking dazed, a thin and pale Gilad Schalit emerged from a pickup truck Tuesday under the escort of his Hamas captors and the Egyptian mediators who helped arrange the Israeli tank crewman's release after more than five years in captivity. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

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A child hugs a released Palestinian prisoner at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 18: A Palestinian prisoner is held aloft by relatives after arriving in Mukata following his release on October 18, 2011 in Ramallah, West Bank. Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

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One of the released prisoners holds the poster made for him by his friends and family at the time of his arrest [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera]

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Families of released prisoners reunited amid tears of joy [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera]

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Many families had not seen their loved ones for years, and had not dared to believe the latest round of talks would yield their release [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera

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Families embrace at the reunion [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera]

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EAST JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Former Palestinian prisoner Haled Muhasen (C) celebrates with friends and family after he was released from jail during the Hamas and IDF swap, October 18, 2011 in the Isawiya neighborhood of East Jerusalem, Israel. Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

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EAST JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Former Palestinian prisoner Haled Muhasen (top) celebrates with friends and family after he was released from jail during the Hamas and IDF swap, October 18, 2011 in the Isawiya neighborhood of East Jerusalem, Israel. Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)

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Palestinian women wave their national flag following the release of hundreds of prisoners from Israeli jails on October 18, 2011 at the Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Hundreds of people gathered in Ramallah to celebrate the return of prisoners freed under a swap deal with Israel which freed captured Israeli soldier Gilad SHlait after five years of captivity. ABBAS MOMANI/AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinians from the Gaza Strip celebrate the release of hundreds of prisoners following a swap with captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on October 18, 2011 in Gaza City. Crowds of Palestinians, many of them overwhelmed and in tears, welcomed home hundreds of freed detainees in the West Bank and Gaza , under a landmark prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Alessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinians from the Gaza Strip celebrate the release of hundreds of prisoners following a swap with captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit on October 18, 2011 in Gaza City. Crowds of Palestinians, many of them overwhelmed and in tears, welcomed home hundreds of freed detainees in the West Bank and Gaza , under a landmark prisoner exchange deal with Israel. Alessio Romenzi/AFP/Getty Images

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Palestinians celebrate the release of prisoners at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

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Palestinians dance and wave various flags, at the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011. The group gathered to celebrate the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees from Israeli jails in a prisoners exchange with Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel. ( AP Photo/Ahmad Omar)

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Palestinians celebrate the release of prisoners at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

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Palestinians wait at the Beituniya checkpoint for released Palestinian prisoners to cross into the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, greets a released Palestinian prisoner at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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A released Palestinian prisoner embraces his daughter in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Hamas agreed to release Israeli soldier Galit Schalit in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, many of them serving life sentences for deadly attacks on Israelis. The arrivals of the prisoners set off ecstatic celebrations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where large crowds and dignitaries greeted them. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

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Grandfather of Khaled Muhasen reacts after seeing his grandson released from Israeli jail, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 in Jerusalem. Hamas agreed to release Israeli soldier Galit Schalit in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, many of them serving life sentences for deadly attacks on Israelis. The arrivals of the prisoners set off ecstatic celebrations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where large crowds and dignitaries greeted them. (AP Photo/Muammar Awad)

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Palestinians wait at the Beituniya checkpoint for released Palestinian prisoners to cross into the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, left, flashes V-victory signs at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The Hamas militant group released an Israeli soldier Tuesday more than five years after his capture, turning him over to Egyptian mediators in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

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Mohammed Saber / EPA Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Sheikh Ismail Haniyeh, center, waves to families of Palestinian prisoners during his arrival at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on October 18.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 18: In this handout photo provided by the PPO (Palestinian Press Office),Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech to released prisoners and their friends and relatives in Mukata on October 18, 2011 in Ramallah, West Bank. Israeli Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was freed after being held captive for five years in Gaza by Hamas militants, in a deal which saw Israel releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. (Photo by Mufeed Abu Hasnah/PPO via Getty Images)

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Ibrahim Shkerat waves a Palestinian flag after he was released from Israeli prison Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 in Jerusalem. Hamas agreed to release Israeli soldier Galit Schalit in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, many of them serving life sentences for deadly attacks on Israelis. The arrivals of the prisoners set off ecstatic celebrations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, where large crowds and dignitaries greeted them. (AP Photo/Sliman Khader)

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Freed Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails wave their hands as they leave an Israeli military base outside Jerusalem as part of the prisoner swap deal reached between Israel and Hamas, October 18, 2011. 477 Palestinian prisoners were freed today in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive for five years by Hamas. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90/MCT)

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Palestinians celebrated the prisoners' release throughout the city of Ramallah, and across the occupied territories [Lazar Simeonov/Al Jazeera]

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Palestinian refugees hold a giant Palestinian flag during a rally, at the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Oct. 18, 2011, following a prisoner swap between the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel, at the Shatila Palestinian refugee camp, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks in front of the Mowlana Jalaluddin Rumi Mosque and Tomb in Konya, Turkey, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Turkey will take in about 10 of the Palestinians freed in a swap deal with Israel, Davutoglu said Tuesday. Davutoglu said Turkey agreed to receive the freed inmates to contribute to the deal which he said would help advance the Middle East peace process. Davutoglu said some 10 inmates would be flown to Turkey on a Turkish plane from Cairo, but added the figure could change depending on how many of the Palestinians want to come.(AP Photo)

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