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The prisoner exchange deal with Hizbullah was executed following months of German mediation, and after the government ratified the deal and President Shimon Peres pardoned Lebanese murderer Samir Kuntar. Kuntar will return to Lebanon along with four other Lebanese prisoners, as well as the bodies of 199 Hizbullah members. Dozens of media crews from Israel and the world have flocked to the Rosh Hanikra area to cover the prisoner exchange. Defense Minister Ehud Barak is in his Tel Aviv office, receiving updates from his military secretary. Hizbullah's al-Manar network broadcast live images from the Lebanese side of the border, reporting that a convoy of Hizbullah vehicles carrying the two IDF soldiers arrived at the Naqoura crossing, north of Rosh Hanikra. The transmission was accompanied by propaganda videos praising the organizations and its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, for "keeping his promise" and succeeding in releasing Kuntar.Hizbullah's liaison officer, Wafik Safa, refused to provide information on the two troops' fate. "I refuse to provide details on the condition of the two hostage soldiers," he said. The Red Cross representatives, who were the first to see the captives on the Lebanese side of the border, had no information on their condition until the last minute. The five Lebanese prisoners left the Hadarim Prison in the Sharon region on Tuesday night and were taken to an IDF base in northern Israel, where they will await the implementation of the deal.
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