Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners released

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners boarded buses early today at a prison in southern Israel on their way to freedom, the last phase of an Israeli pledge to release 900 prisoners as part of a ceasefire deal.

Thu, 02 Jun, 2005 - 10:09

The 398 prisoners were being taken to different crossing points in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to be released later today.

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