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Israel and Hezbollah set for swap
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English

Hezbollah has been touting the prisoner exchange deal with Israel as confirmation that the Shi'ite militant group ultimately defeated Israel in the Second Lebanon War, but the swap is at least as much of a Hezbollah victory within Lebanon. (article 10) Consider the Harans and the Goldwassers, two families in Nahariya linked by shocking killings nearly 30 years ago that have returned anew to break mothers' hearts. (article 1) The Israeli government on Tuesday gave final approval to a controversial prisoner swap with Hizbollah, paving the way for the release of the two Israeli soldiers whose capture triggered Israel's war with the Lebanese Shia group two years ago. (article 7) In return, Israel will hand over Samir Kuntar, a Lebanese militant who took part in a cross-border attack that killed five Israelis and who has now spent almost 30 years in an Israeli jail. (article 7) There are also concerns that Israel's readiness to release high-profile, living prisoners for the bodies of two Israelis will complicate a separate set of negotiations with Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group. (article 7) A Lebanese newspaper reported Tuesday that at least one of the two Israel Defense Forces soldiers set to be returned in a prisoner exchange with the Hezbollah militant group was killed at the time of his abduction in 2006. (article 11)

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