As Israel continues to pound the Gaza Strip, the country's supreme court has ordered the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, the AP reports.
The prisonersincluding dozens of women and childrenwere seized in the 2006 invasion of Lebanon and are believed to be the first to be freed in Israel's three-week-old offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Israel says it has freed more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners since the offensive began, but they're believed to be held by Hamas, which wants to use them as human shields during Israel's next invasion of the Gaza Strip.
The supreme court ordered the release of the prisoners after an appeal of a lower court's ruling allowing Israel to detain prisoners without charge or trial, the New York Times reports.
Israel says it has freed more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners since the offensive began, but they're believed to be held by Hamas, which wants to use them as human shields during Israel's next invasion of the Gaza Strip.
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