RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel freed more than 250 Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas Islamists took over the Gaza Strip last month.
The prisoners, mostly members of Abbas's secular Fatah faction, arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah where they were greeted by Abbas and reunited with family members.
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