A group of Islamic activists returned to their homes Monday after a year in exile and vowed to oppose the Israel-PLO peace accord.
Of the final 197 deportees allowed back into Israel last week, 132 were released from jail overnight, Israeli and Arab reports said.The rest are likely to remain in prison to face charges of anti-Israel activity. The military would not release official statistics.
Some prominent exiles remain behind bars, including Abdel-Aziz Rantisi, the group's spokesman.
Israel let the men go in the middle of the night to minimize chances of anti-occupation demonstrations.
Israel expelled about 415 men from the West Bank and Gaza Strip in December 1992 in retaliation for a wave of attacks on Israelis, including the slayings of six soldiers. The men spent the year camped out in Marj al-Zahour, in the no man's land between Lebanese and Israeli army lines in southern Lebanon.
Israel agreed to allow them back in response to an international outcry, including a U.N. censure.