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Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in a rally in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on 5 March 2010. Photo by Wissam Nassar, MaanImages.
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Israel to release 2 Hamas lawmakers
08.09.2010, Israel Israel will release two Hamas lawmakers from Hebron on Thursday after being held in Israeli custody for 56 months, after an Israeli court extended their detention four times.
On 16 August, an Israeli court reduced the sentences of Nezar Ramadan and Azzam Salhab, Hamas-affiliated officials elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council, by eight days.
The court ruled that the Hamas MPs should be released on 8 September instead of 16 September, their original release date.
In June, recently-released Hamas MP Mohammad Abu Teir was detained near his home in East Jerusalem after Israel's interior ministry revoked his residency rights over his political affiliation.
Abu Teir was remanded into custody until his trial in November, after he was indicted for illegally residing in Jerusalem following his decision not to adhere to a deportation order handed down to him and three other elected Hamas officials.
Ma'an News Agency
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