October 17, 1993

Israeli PM Rabin and FM Peres say mass releases of 11,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons could occur soon. (WT 10/18)

Fateh activist Mahir Kahil, 35, killed by masked gunmen in Gaza City. Killing is second of a major Fateh figure in Gaza since Palestinian-Israeli DoP was signed on 9/13. (WT 10/18)

Ultraorthodox Jewish settlers reported moving into new West Bank settlement of Kiryat Sefer, designed to hold 1,000 families by spring 1994. (WT 10/18)