A Palestinian military court in the Gaza Strip has freed two senior Hamas officials. Abdel Aziz Rantissi and Ahmed Hamdan were detained several weeks ago on charges of speaking out against Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and endangering the public order.
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