In Israel, the Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister was freed Wednesday after spending more than a month in jail. Nasser Shaer is one of at least sixty Hamas officials arrested following the capture of an Israeli soldier in June. He spoke to reporters shortly after his release.

• Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Nasser Shaer: “I am happy that I am free now. I always prefer to see all Palestinians free, exactly like me. Anyway, there is no reason at all to arrest me or any other of the Palestinian government.”

Shaer went on to call for the release of at least thirty Hamas officials who remain behind bars.