(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel and Arnon Regular - The ministerial committee dealing with the release of Palestinian prisoners unanimously approved on Sunday the list of 500 prisoners slated to be released Monday. Israel will also allow 56 Palestinians deported to Gaza to return to the West Bank, including some gunmen exiled after taking refuge in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity in May 2002. "Abbas told us we could return to our homes and would be recruited to the security branches in Bethlehem," said exile Khaled Hamdallah. Israel will also return the bodies of 15 Palestinians killed during the intifada in attacks on settlements throughout the Gaza Strip.
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