21.   As a holiday gesture, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat released dozens of prisoners who were held without charges in Palestinian jails.

22.   At minimum, the army wants Arafat to arrest militants, many with bomb-making expertise, who were freed from Palestinian jails in October.

23.   Awadallah, a key figure in the Hamas military wing, escaped Saturday from a Palestinian jail in the West Bank town of Jericho.

24.   Bani Odeh had served two years in a Palestinian jail on suspicion he manufactured bombs for Hamas.

25.   Bani Odeh had served three years in a Palestinian jail on suspicion he made manufactured bombs, but was released last month.

26.   Both had been held in Palestinian jails in the past.

27.   But Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights groups have complained of mistreatment of detainees in Palestinian jails.

28.   But Netanyahu pointed to the recent release from Palestinian jail of Hamas leader Ibrahim Maqadmeh as proof that Arafat was clearing the way for anti-Israeli attacks.

29.   Dozens of Palestinian prisoners, including members of the Islamic militant group Hamas, were released from Palestinian jails during the attack.

30.   Dozens of women and children demonstrated for the release of their relatives from Palestinian jails outside of the Palestinian Legislative Council building Sunday.