ISRAEL FREES PALESTINIAN PRISONERS:

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 1996
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Some 800 Palestinian prisoners walked out of Israeli prisons Wednesday as part of the country's peace agreement with the PLO. Members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad were freed along with Palestinians convicted of petty crimes. Israel has freed more than 7,000 prisoners since making peace with the PLO in September 1993. Israel and the PLO will decide the fate of the more than 2,800 that remain in custody during talks on final status of the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem scheduled to begin in May.