Al-Quds city, Feb 13, SPA -- Israel's Cabinet on Sunday approved alist of names of 500 Palestinian prisoners to be releasedin coming days, in line with agreements reached at aMideast summit last week, Israeli officials said. The prisoner release is one of several Israeli gestures toPalestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Israel will also allowseveral dozen Palestinian extremists who had been expelledfrom the West Bank to return to their homes and graduallyhand five West Bank towns to Palestinian control. Israel's Cabinet had approved the prisoner release inprinciple in a previous meeting, and on Sunday approved thelist of names of 500 inmates to be freed in coming days.--SPA1205 Local Time 0905 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/239076