HAMAS VOWS TO RELEASE KILLERS OF ISRAELI MINISTER

Hamas Leader Vows Release of Israeli Minister's Killers (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal said Friday that the new Hamas-led Palestinian parliament would release the assassins of former Israeli minister Rehavam Ze'evi from the Jericho jail where they have been incarcerated for the past four years. Maj.-Gen. (res.) Ze'evi was assassinated at Jerusalem's Hyatt Hotel by the Palestinian assailants on October 17, 2001, the first Arab assassination of an Israeli minister. The five convicts, including Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Secretary-General Ahmad Sa'dat, were being held under Palestinian supervision, along with American and British jailers. The assassins had found sanctuary in Arafat's compound in Ramallah, but were transferred to Jericho after the IDF besieged the area.