{
  "id": 5419008,
  "title": "Lebanon receives first detainee of five to be freed by Israel",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/lebanon-receives-first-detainee-of-five-to-be-freed-by-israel-5419008",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T21:26:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/03/lebanon-receives-first-detainee-of-five-to-be-freed-by-israel_6757135_4.html"
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  "summary": "Lebanon has received the first of five detainees to be freed by Israel. The man was returned by the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to Le Monde English. Israel's office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it had decided to release five Lebanese civilians who were arrested in areas under Israeli army control in southern Lebanon, as Channel News Asia reported.\n\nThe release was brokered by the US and followed interrogations that found no terror links, Channel News Asia and The National UAE reported. The US-led International Monitoring and Implementation Mechanism was informed of the detentions, BBC News stated.\n\nThe handover took place on Thursday evening, with Lebanese reports saying the other four detainees were to be released on Friday morning, according to The National UAE. The move is linked to talks over the return of the bodies of Jewish community leaders killed in Lebanon in the 1980s, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, as The National UAE reported.",
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        "title": "Israel set to return five Lebanese detainees to Lebanon, reports say",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/israel-set-to-return-five-lebanese-detainees-to-lebanon-reports-say",
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        "title": "Israel to release 5 Lebanese prisoners ahead of next talks: What to know",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/israel-to-release-5-lebanese-prisoners-ahead-of-next-talks-what-to",
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/israels-katz-threatens-to-send-iran-back-into-stone-age",
        "published": "2026-09-03T12:37:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "A Lebanese man held prisoner in Israel is released and handed over to Lebanon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/a-lebanese-man-held-prisoner-in-israel-is-released-and-handed-over-to-5329342",
        "published": "2026-09-03T12:53:02.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Israel releases five Lebanese men detained in southern Lebanon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/israel-releases-five-lebanese-men-detained-in-southern-lebanon",
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Lebanon receives first detainee of five to be freed by Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/lebanon-receives-first-detainee-of-five-to-be-freed-by-israel",
        "published": "2026-09-03T15:39:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Lebanon receives first detainee of five to be freed by Israel",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/lebanon-receives-first-detainee-of-five-to-be-freed-by-israel-5388214",
        "published": "2026-09-03T18:48:24.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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