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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- The Israeli prison service released two Palestinian minors from Silwan and al-Issawiya on Sunday, locals said.

Muhammad Sultan Hassan Abbasi, 15, from Silwan, was freed after he spent 14 months in different Israeli jails. Muhammad was detained on Nov. 11, 2012 and was held for several days before he was sentenced to house arrest for 10 months.

He then turned himself in on Sept. 18, 2013 after he was sentenced for a year and a half. His sentence was later reduced by four months after his lawyer presented an appeal to the court.

Seventeen-year-old Mahmoud Naim Elayyan from al-Issawiya was freed after he spent a year in Meggido jail. He had already spent six months in house arrest before being imprisoned in Meggido.

Elayyan's family paid a 13,000-shekel (about $3,400) bail for his release.

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