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Israel Returns Hezbollah Spy

Posted Jun 1, 08 3:27 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – Israel returned a Hezbollah spy to Lebanon today and may have started a prisoner exchange, BBC reports. Hezbollah quickly handed over the bodies of Israeli troops killed in 2006, but officials on both sides deny a swap is under way. Secret talks clearly are, perhaps aided by German mediators; a larger prisoner swap may include the two Israeli soldiers whose capture sparked the 2006 war.

The spy, Nissim Nasser, returned home to a Hezbollah party and patriotic tunes blaring over loudspeakers. Born in Lebanon to a Shia Muslim father and Jewish mother, Nasser moved to the Tel Aviv area after Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982. He was convicted of spying in 2002 and served a 6-year sentence.

Sources BBC, Associated Press

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Nasim Nisr flashes V sign upon his arrival to a ceremony held by Hezbollah, in the south Lebanon coastal town of Naqoura on Sunday, June 1, 2008.   (Associated Press)
Sheik Naim Kaouk , right, Hezbollah's commander in south Lebanon, right, speaks with Nasim Nisr in the south Lebanon coastal town of Naqoura on Sunday, June 1, 2008.   (Associated Press)
Nasim Nisr he arrives in his home southern village of Bazouriyeh, Lebanon, Sunday, June 1, 2008.   (Associated Press)
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