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Red Cross Reports Visiting 12 Israeli Prisoners in Egypt, Three in Syria

January 27, 1971
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Representatives of the International Red Cross have visited the 12 Israeli prisoners in Egypt, according to Red Cross reports from Geneva. Two of the prisoners were visited in the hospital last Dec. 23 and 24, and the other 10 on Jan. 5 and 6. The IRC also received permission to visit them every two weeks henceforth. It has also been learned that IRC representatives visited the three Israeli prisoners in Syria toward the end of December, delivering to them parcels and letters.

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