Sunday 18 December 2011

Israel set to complete swap for captured soldier (AP)

Palestinian relatives of prisoner Younis Jahjouh decorate the street ahead of his release from Israeli prisons in the Qalandia refugee camp near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Dec 17, 2011. Israel is set to release 550 Palestinian prisoners Sunday, the final stage of a prisoner exchange deal between Israel and the militant Hamas group. In October, Israel released 477 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, who was held by Hamas in Gaza for five and a half years.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - Israel was wrapping up preparations to release 550 Palestinian prisoners late Sunday, in the second and final phase of a swap with Hamas militants that brought home an Israeli soldier after five years in captivity.



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