By Hussein Dakroub
NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) -- Israel freed a notorious Lebanese attacker and four others Wednesday after Hezbollah handed over two black coffins with the bodies of Israel soldiers, a dramatic prisoner swap that closes a painful chapter from the 2006 war in Lebanon.
The five including Samir Kantar, who had been serving multiple life terms in Israel for a grisly 1979 attack were brought home in International Committee for the Red Cross vehicles and received a red-carpet welcome at this coastal border town.
In Israel, family and friends outside the homes of the two captured Israeli soldiers burst into tears when TV images showed Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas taking the coffins out of a black van. Read more ...
NAQOURA, Lebanon (AP) -- Israel freed a notorious Lebanese attacker and four others Wednesday after Hezbollah handed over two black coffins with the bodies of Israel soldiers, a dramatic prisoner swap that closes a painful chapter from the 2006 war in Lebanon.
The five including Samir Kantar, who had been serving multiple life terms in Israel for a grisly 1979 attack were brought home in International Committee for the Red Cross vehicles and received a red-carpet welcome at this coastal border town.
In Israel, family and friends outside the homes of the two captured Israeli soldiers burst into tears when TV images showed Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas taking the coffins out of a black van. Read more ...
Source: AP
Latest recipient of The Dhimmi Award
1. "Terrorist" does not equal "militant"
2. "Prisoner release" does not equal "prisoner swap"
AP writers should learn what the words mean before using them
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