ISRAEL FREES 19 PALESTINIAN WOMEN

Gaza, October 03: Newly-freed Palestinian prisoner Fatima Yunes Al-Zaq, surrounded by her children, wears an Islamic Jihad headband and sits behind an M16 rifle at a welcoming ceremony in Gaza City Friday.

Nineteen Palestinian women prisoners were freed from Israeli jails in a breakthrough swap for a video of soldier Gilad Shalit, who has been held by Gaza militants since 2006.

–Agencies–