BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Hezbollah's leader on Wednesday confirmed for the first time that his group will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers and information on a missing Israeli airman in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners in Israel.
Israeli officials believe the two soldiers are dead, but Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said he had not given Israel any indication of their fate. He called reports that they are dead "speculation ... not based on anything tangible."
l because of the grisly nature of his crime — witnesses said he crushed the little girl's skull — and his release could set a new standard for how far Israel is willing to go to repatriate its soldiers.

BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday said a prisoner swap between his Lebanese Shiite movement and Israel would take place within two weeks and that news of missing airman Ron Arad was part of the deal.
"I officially announce that the accord has been accepted from our part and the matter closed, and we will respect the steps which are to be taken, God willing," he said at a news conference held by videolink.
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By VOA News The leader of Lebanon's Shi'ite Hezbollah opposition says his group has agreed to a prisoner exchange deal with Israel.

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Hezbollah's leader on Wednesday confirmed for the first time that his group will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers and

By VOA News The leader of Lebanon's Shi'ite Hezbollah opposition says his group has agreed to a prisoner exchange deal with Israel.

BEIRUT (AFP) — Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday said a prisoner swap between his Lebanese Shiite movement and Israel would take place within