Updated: Oct. 18, 2011 at 3:14 PM
Palestinians celebrate the prisoner exchange with Israel (26 images)
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were released in a swap for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who has been held since 2006 in Gaza.
A bus carrying Palestinian prisoners arrives in the Rafah crossing as Hamas security men keep watch while Palestinian relatives celebrate the liberation of hundreds of jailed Palestinians at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza on October 18, 2011. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were released in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, freed after five years of captivity. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
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A bus carrying Palestinian prisoners waving Palestinian flags arrives in the Rafah crossing as Hamas security men keep watch while Palestinian relatives celebrate the liberation of hundreds of jailed Palestinians at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza on October 18, 2011. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were released in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, freed after five years of captivity. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
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A bus carrying Palestinian prisoners arrives in the Rafah crossing as Hamas security men keep watch while Palestinian relatives celebrate the liberation of hundreds of jailed Palestinians at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza on October 18, 2011. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were released in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, freed after five years of captivity. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
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Palestinian relatives celebrate the liberation of hundreds of jailed Palestinians at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza on October 18, 2011. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners were released in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, freed after five years of captivity. UPI/Ismael Mohamad
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