The World - News from Aug. 14, 1985
Israel freed another 101 of the Lebanese prisoners whose release was demanded by the Muslim hijackers of a TWA airliner in June. Released from the Atlit detention center, the Lebanese, most of them Shia Muslims, were bused to the Lebanese border and handed over to the International Red Cross. “What is important is that 235 remain kidnaped” by the Israelis, Lebanese Shia Muslim leader Nabih Berri declared. The prisoners, held without charges, were captured during the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon and transferred to Israel in April.
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