6 Hamas parliamentarians released from Israeli jail

Source: Yedioth Ahronoth

Jerusalem : Israel | 28 days ago

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Some of them completed serving their sentences, and some of them finished their time in administrative detention. Upon their release, 16 other Hamas parliamentarians remain in Israeli prison along with two Fatah parliamentarians, including Marwan Barghouti. (Ali Waked and Raanan Ben-Zur)...

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