Israel to release Lebanese detainees as a ‘gesture of goodwill,’ source tells Post
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- Israel plans to release four or five Lebanese detainees arrested in recent months, according to an Israeli source.
- The release is intended as a gesture to the Lebanese government.
- Israel released five Lebanese detainees a year ago during negotiations with Lebanon.
Israel plans to release four or five Lebanese detainees on Thursday in what an Israeli source described as a gesture to the Lebanese government.
The detainees were arrested in recent months. The move follows a similar release a year ago, when Israel freed five Lebanese detainees captured during fighting as part of negotiations with Lebanon.
The release is still developing.
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