Israel frees 4 more Lebanese prisoners in a deal tied to missing Jews from Lebanon’s civil war
TYRE, Lebanon (AP) — Four prisoners from Lebanon held in Israel were released and handed over to Lebanese authorities via the…
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivered four Lebanese prisoners to Lebanese authorities on Friday in a prisoner exchange deal, according to the Associated Press. The prisoners were handed over at a Lebanese army barracks in the southern city of Tyre. This deal occurred as part of an agreement between Israel and Lebanon, where Lebanon committed to searching for the remains of Jewish Lebanese citizens who went missing during the country's civil war in the 1970s and 1980s.
Currently, dozens of Lebanese prisoners, including civilians and Hezbollah militants, are believed to be held in Israeli detention centers. The first prisoner released, Malek Ghazi, was transferred to Lebanese custody on Thursday. The ICRC vehicles carrying the prisoners arrived at a checkpoint south of Tyre earlier in the day and later returned, indicating the prisoners had been taken into Lebanese custody.
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