Israel releases five Palestinian prisoners

  • 12/15/2022
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Al-Quds city, August 06, SPA -- Israel's Prisons Service says fivePalestinian prisoners have been released as part ofIsrael's prisoner swap last month with Hezbollah, the Associated Press reported. A Prisons Service statement said the five left theirprison in central Israel Wednesday bound for the West Bank. They arrived midmorning in the town of Tulkarem. All fiveare teenagers serving short sentences for throwing stonesand were due to be freed next year, according toinformation published on the Prisons Authority Web site. The release follows the July swap between Israeland Hezbollah that brought back the bodies of two reservesoldiers to Israel in return for five Lebanese prisoners. As part of the deal, Israel agreed to release somePalestinian prisoners.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/579832

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