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02/14/2005:

"Palestinians Fete Israel's Return of Militant Remains"

GAZA (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians, some wearing mock suicide-bomber belts, lined Gaza roads Monday to welcome home the remains of 15 gunmen handed over by Israel in a gesture to help President Mahmoud Abbas shore up a cease-fire.

The move gave a modest boost to Abbas as he tries to nudge militants, now observing an informal pause in fighting Israel, into a formal cease-fire in keeping with a declaration he made at a Feb. 8 summit with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
Full Article: nytimes.com

15 corpses. Just what the Palestinians need. Strange 'gesture.'