"Israel" Transfers Lebanese Detainees ahead of Swap Deal
Source: Al-Manar TV, 14-07-2008
The ‘Israeli' Prison Service is expected to transfer at around 10:30 am Monday four of the Lebanese detainees slated for release in the framework of the upcoming exchange deal with Hizbullah from the Ashmoret Prison to the Hadarim Prison, where Samir Kintar, who is also included
in the deal, is detained.
The four detainees have been held at Ashmoret since the Second Lebanon War.
Lebanese daily al- Safir reported Monday that the prisoner exchange deal between ‘Israel' and Hizbullah will take place on Wednesday, at 9 am at the Naqura crossing. German mediator Gerhard Konrad is expected to be present during the exchange.
According to the report, Hizbullah has dubbed the exchange Operation Al-Radwan, in honor of its senior military command Imad Mugniyah, who was nicknamed Sheik Radwan.
Hizbullah is expected to hold a rally in the Dahiyeh quarter (Southern Suburb) in south Beirut Wednesday afternoon to welcome the released Lebanese detainees.
In the first stage of the exchange, the remains of some 200 Lebanese martyrs will be transferred to Lebanon via the Naqura crossing. In the second phase, the five Lebanese detainees, headed by Kintar, will also pass through Naqura and then be flown by a Lebanese military helicopter to the international airport in Beirut, where a ceremony will be held with the participation of senior government officials.
The ceremony at the airport will be followed by a mass rally in Dahiyeh, during which Hizbullah General Secretary Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is expected to speak and disclose additional details on the July 12, 2006 operation in which the two ‘Israeli' occupation soldiers were captured.
Al- Safir quoted diplomatic sources in Beirut as saying that Hizbullah has received ‘Israel's' report on the four Iranian diplomats who went missing in 1982. The swap deal was approved by the Israeli government in principle about two weeks ago, under the condition that Hizbullah submits the report on Arad.
The ‘Israel' Prison Service on Sunday published a list containing the names of the Lebanese detainees currently behind bars in ‘Israel', who are to be released over the next few days as part of the swap deal with Hizbullah.
The ‘Israeli' Prison Service is expected to transfer at around 10:30 am Monday four of the Lebanese detainees slated for release in the framework of the upcoming exchange deal with Hizbullah from the Ashmoret Prison to the Hadarim Prison, where Samir Kintar, who is also included
in the deal, is detained.
The four detainees have been held at Ashmoret since the Second Lebanon War.
Lebanese daily al- Safir reported Monday that the prisoner exchange deal between ‘Israel' and Hizbullah will take place on Wednesday, at 9 am at the Naqura crossing. German mediator Gerhard Konrad is expected to be present during the exchange.
According to the report, Hizbullah has dubbed the exchange Operation Al-Radwan, in honor of its senior military command Imad Mugniyah, who was nicknamed Sheik Radwan.
Hizbullah is expected to hold a rally in the Dahiyeh quarter (Southern Suburb) in south Beirut Wednesday afternoon to welcome the released Lebanese detainees.
In the first stage of the exchange, the remains of some 200 Lebanese martyrs will be transferred to Lebanon via the Naqura crossing. In the second phase, the five Lebanese detainees, headed by Kintar, will also pass through Naqura and then be flown by a Lebanese military helicopter to the international airport in Beirut, where a ceremony will be held with the participation of senior government officials.
The ceremony at the airport will be followed by a mass rally in Dahiyeh, during which Hizbullah General Secretary Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is expected to speak and disclose additional details on the July 12, 2006 operation in which the two ‘Israeli' occupation soldiers were captured.
Al- Safir quoted diplomatic sources in Beirut as saying that Hizbullah has received ‘Israel's' report on the four Iranian diplomats who went missing in 1982. The swap deal was approved by the Israeli government in principle about two weeks ago, under the condition that Hizbullah submits the report on Arad.
The ‘Israel' Prison Service on Sunday published a list containing the names of the Lebanese detainees currently behind bars in ‘Israel', who are to be released over the next few days as part of the swap deal with Hizbullah.
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