DUBAI: Israel has transferred prisoner Malek Kamal Ghazi to the Lebanese army through the Red Cross and is now undergoing medication examinations, media reports noted.
The release of five prisoners has been guaranteed since the start of negotiations, Lebanon’s MTV channel reported, quoting a political source.
Israel has guaranteed the release of five prisoners on Thursday in diplomatic gesture to the Lebanese government amid ongoing negotiations between the two countries, an Israeli official confirmed.
A new round of talks between Israel and Lebanon are scheduled in Rome this month, a US State Department official earlier announced. A seventh round of talks were held in the Italian capital in August.
The US has been sponsoring talks between Israel and Lebanon aimed at putting an end to hostilities between them, with Beirut seeking Israel’s phased withdrawal from the south.
In June, Israel and Lebanon agreed to a framework deal that involves the disarmament of Hezbollah, a gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon’s south and the deployment of the Lebanese army to the region, starting in test areas known as “pilot zones.”
