Israel to release 231 detainees instead of 250
The office of the outgoing Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, issued a press release stating that Israel will release 231 Palestinians detainees instead of 250 after it canceled the names of 19 detainees from the Gaza Strip.
Israel will release about 150 Palestinian prisoners, including perhaps a couple of prominent ones, at the end of this month as a gesture to the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, officials from both sides said after a meeting Wednesday between Abbas and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.