Some 300 West Bank gunmen so far accepted Israel's amnesty deal: official

More than 300 West Bank gunmen have so far surrendered their weapons as part of an amnesty deal with Israel, a senior Palestinian security official said Sunday. The gunmen included in the deal are members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a violent offshoot of moderate President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement.

Al Aqsa was founded at the outbreak of the second Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation in 2000, and its members carried out scores of shooting attacks. (AP)