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CAIRO, Dec 17 (KUNA) -- Egypt announced Saturday that 550 Palestinians
prisoners would be released from Israeli jails tomorrow Sunday, the second
phase of a prisoners' exchange agreement between Hamas and Israelis.
Israeli authorities have already started legal and administrative
procedures to release the prisoners, a security source told reporters on
condition of anonymity.
Israel agreed to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange of
already-freed soldier Gilad Shalit. Egypt sponsored the agreement between
Israel and Palestinian Hamas movement.
The source said the second phase included the release of remaining of
female Palestinian prisoners. He said most of the Palestinians to be released
were from the West Bank. (end)
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