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Mashaal: Schalt deal will free 1,000 Palestinian prisoners

By JPOST.COM STAFF
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal welcomed on Tuesday the deal to release Gilad Schalit in exchange for prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli prisoners, saying the deal was a testament to Palestinian unity.
Mashaal explained that Israel will release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, intitially 450, and then another 550 in the final phase of the deal.
The Hamas leader said the deal was completed with great help from Egyptian mediators.
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