Israel on Sunday published the official list of 477 Palestinian prisoners to be released on Tuesday in the first stage of a deal for the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit.
The list of 450 Palestinian men and 27 women was published by the justice ministry on the website of the Israel Prisons Service, to give the public 48 hours to lodge any legal appeals against the deal which will see the return of Shalit, who has spent more than five years in captivity.
Another 550 Palestinian prisoners are to be released within two months.
Last week, several websites affiliated with the Islamist Hamas movement and the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), both of which were involved in capturing Shalit, published lists purportedly naming Palestinians to be freed, but Sunday’s list was the first official one released.
