An Israeli ministerial committee has announced that it will free some 1,100 Palestinian prisoners next week.
The committee reached the decision after meeting Wednesday to discuss the issue of prisoner releases.
The releases are part of a number of confidence-building gestures included in an agreement for extending West Bank autonomy that was signed Sept. 28 in Washington.
Israel, which has more than 4,000 Palestinians in its jails, has repeatedly stated that no prisoners with Jewish blood on their hands would be set free.
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