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Israel released 26 Palestinian prisoners early today, a Palestinian official said, in accordance with the commitments made to revive US-brokered peace talks.
“Two vans carrying (18) prisoners left Ofer prison and were headed to Ramallah” in the West Bank, the official said, adding that three other prisoners were being released to the Gaza Strip and five others to east Jerusalem.
Today’s release was the third stage of the freeing of 104 inmates that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu committed to let go in four stages, when the peace talks were renewed in July.
It came after an Israeli court rejected a last-minute appeal by victims’ families, as US Secretary of State John Kerry was preparing to travel to the region in a bid to boost the faltering peace talks with Israelis and Palestinians.
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