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The Lebanese and the Exchange

Nash — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:46:03 +0000

Samir Kuntar’s release is with no doubt the highlight of this week around Middle East events. It is the story of a man, who had been imprisoned for 30 years in Israel, and is finally being released. The issue lies in Kuntar’s release...

Israel didn't know of cluster bomb use

AP — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 11:11:07 +0000

A former Israeli defense official says the Israeli military used cluster bombs for two weeks during the 2006 Lebanon war without telling the Israeli government.

Arab fighters' remains headed to Beirut after swap

AP — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 07:09:31 +0000

Four tractor-trailers carrying the remains of nearly 200 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters are headed to Lebanon’s capital a day after a prisoner exchange between Israel and...

Freed Lebanese prisoners at a glance

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:30:45 +0000

A look at five Lebanese prisoners freed by Israel on Wednesday as part of an exchange deal with Hezbollah:

Militant Samir Kantar enters Lebanon in swap

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:17:55 +0000

Lebanese militant Samir Kantar and four other prisoners have crossed into a buffer zone between Lebanon and Israel.

A look at previous Israeli-Lebanese prisoner swaps

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:09:48 +0000

A look at previous Israeli-Lebanese prisoner swaps:

Israel tries to identify dead soldiers in swap

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 08:07:23 +0000

The Israeli army says forensics teams have begun tests to identify two bodies turned over by Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon.

Hezbollah hands over Israeli bodies

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:07:37 +0000

Hezbollah has handed over to the Red Cross two coffins believed to contain the remains of Israeli soldiers whose capture by guerrillas two years ago led to a monthlong...

Coffins believed to hold Israeli soldiers' bodies

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:54:41 +0000

Hezbollah TV is showing two black coffins on the Israel-Lebanon border. They’re believed to contain the bodies of two Israeli soldiers captured by the militant group two years...

Hezbollah: 2 Israeli soldiers at border

AP — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:15:55 +0000

Hezbollah TV says two Israeli soldiers have been brought to the Lebanon-Israel border ahead of a prisoner exchange, but there was no word on whether the men are dead or...