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.

Hezbollah today confirmed that a prisoner-swap with Israel should take place within two weeks, which will see the return of the bodies of the two Israeli soldiers whose kidnapping caused the 2006 Lebanon War.
Speaking at a press conference held by video link from Lebanon, Shiekh Hassan Nasrallah said that the Shia Islamist group had also agreed to supply Israel with information on the airman Ron Arad, who went missing in 1986.
e five Lebanese prisoners, including the remains of dead Hezbollah fighters and an undetermined number of Palestinians in exchange for the bodies of the soldiers. The summer war following the kidnapping of Goldwasser and Regev killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon and 160 in Israel.

By Tom Perry BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Wednesday it had agreed to a U.N.-mediated deal to exchange prisoners with Israel and expected the swap to take place around the middle of this month.
"We have accepted this agreement and consider it a great accomplishment," said Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Iranian-backed group, confirming Hezbollah's acceptance of a deal approved by Israel on Sunday.
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday the group agreed to a deal to exchange prisoners with Israel and expected the

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group has said it will hand over two captured Israeli soldiers in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners.
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah also said the group would provide information on missing Israeli airman Ron Arad.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) - Hezbollah has agreed to a swap with Israel involving prisoners both alive and dead, leader Hassan Nasrallah says.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says the group has accepted a prisoner swap deal with Israel.
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