Dozens of Palestinian women and teenagers were released from Israeli prisons this week as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas to pause the war in Gaza. Their elation at being free is tinged with sadness about the devastation in Gaza, as well as uncertainty about whether they could be detained again in the future. Nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners are to be released as part of a deal to halt the fighting for six weeks, free 33 hostages from Gaza, and increase fuel and aid deliveries to the territory. Under the terms of the ceasefire, the Palestinian prisoners released by Israel cannot be later rearrested on the same charges.

A teenager who stabbed three young girls to death at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been sentenced to more than 50 years in prison. Judge Julian Goose said Thursday that 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana “wanted to try and carry out mass murder of innocent, happy young girls.” The judge said that he couldn’t impose a sentence of life without parole, because Rudakubana was under 18 at the time of the crime. But the judge said he must serve more than 51 years before being considered for parole and “it is likely he will never be released.” Rudakubana was 17 when he attacked the children in the seaside town of Southport in July.

A teen has pleaded guilty to murdering three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England last summer. The 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana entered the surprise plea Monday as jury selection had been expected to begin at the start of his trial in Liverpool Crown Court. The July 29 stabbings sent shock waves across the U.K. and led to a week of widespread rioting across parts of England and Northern Ireland after the suspect was falsely identified as an asylum-seeker who had recently arrived in Britain by boat. He was born in Wales.