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Monday, November 15, 2010

Prisoners freed in Gaza for holiday

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Hamas authorities in Gaza released some 274 prisoners Monday in a goodwill gesture on the occasion of the Eid Al-Adha holiday.

Tearful families greeted the prisoners, all men, as they emerged from the Reform and Rehabilitation Center in Gaza City at noon.

At a brief news conference, prison administrator Lt. Col. Nader Suleiman said authorities released a total of 370 people from Gaza Strip jails, including approximately 280 released under a government campaign to promote "dignity" in police work. Another hundred were released on a temporary basis for Eid Al-Adha.

Source: Ma'an News Agency.
Link: http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=333843.

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