American officials upheld Israel’s position that its recent release of Palestinian prisoners was done in accordance with the Wye agreement. After releasing some 250 prisoners, many of them common criminals, Israeli leaders said no prisoners with blood on their hands would be freed. Meanwhile, hundreds of Palestinian prisoners joined a hunger strike to demand their freedom.
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