Israel returns bodies of 15 militants
The Israeli military was delivering the bodies of 15 militants to the Palestinians for burial today, a day after Israel’s cabinet approved the names of 500 prisoners to be released and security commanders prepared for the handover of a West Bank town to Palestinian control.
The latest goodwill gesture, part of a package agreed at last week’s Mideast summit, came as Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas told The New York Times the war with Israel is effectively over and that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is speaking “a different language” to the Palestinians.
