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Palestinian security prisoners to be released as part of the Gilad Shalit deal between Israel and Hamas include the murderers of kidnapped IDF soldiers Nachshon Wachsman, Ilan Sasportas and Ilan Saadon.
Other prisoners being released include the perpetrator of the Bus 405 Tel Aviv-Jerusalem attack in 1989, the terrorist who killed 10 Israelis in Wadi Harmiyeh north of Ramallah in 2002, the terrorist who brought the suicide bomber to the Sbarro restaurant in Jerusalem in 2001, several perpetrators of the lynch in Ramallah in October 2000.
Among these prisoners, those from the West Bank will not be able to return to their homes and will be deported to the Gaza Strip or abroad.
Shin Bet security service director Yoram Cohen on Wednesday briefed reporters on the details of the prisoner swap agreement reached on Tuesday between Israel and Hamas, with Egyptian mediation.
""If there was a better alternative, operationally or through negotiations, perhaps we would have chosen it," Cohen said. "But I think we got the best deal in terms of security parameters."
Under the agreement, the release of Gilad Shalit is expected to take place in about a week, along with the release of 477 Palestinian security prisoners.
Of the released prisoners, 96 are West Bank residents who will be allowed to return to their homes. 14 East Jerusalem residents and six Israeli Arabs will also be allowed to return to their homes.
131 prisoners from the Gaza Strip will be released.
27 women, all the women imprisoned in Israel for security offenses, will be released. Two will be deported, one to Gaza and one to Jordan.
About half of the released prisoners, 203, will not be allowed to return to their homes. 40 will be deported abroad and the rest transferred to the Gaza Strip.