A ministerial committee headed by Netanyahu, who had earlier on Sunday emphasised that “promises must be kept”, approved the list of Palestinian prisoners to be released in the second of a four-stage process by which 104 Palestinian prisoners will be released.
Similar number of prisoners were released In the first stage on August 26.
The whole process is set to be completed by March of next year by when all the 104 prisoners would be released.
A 48-hour objection period during which Israelis can appeal to the court against the release of the prisoners must pass before they can be freed and sent to the Palestinian territories.
Bereaved families that have been at the receiving end of the prisoners’ activities will be notified of the decision before Israel’s Prison Service posts their names on its website.
All those to be released have been jailed for their involvement in terror attacks against Israelis before the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.