Palestinian Authority President Abbas sends condolences to families of dead soldiers


Headline adapted from ynetnews report. Published: 07.16.08,

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has congratulated the family of Samir Kuntar and the four other prisoners who will be returned to Lebanon as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Hizbullah.

He also expressed his condolences to the families of Hizbullah fighters receiving their relatives' bodies. (Ali Waked)

(h/t yourish.com) [Wait till someone tells him it's useful to send condolences to the Israeli families. -- Mark]