Nasrullah Tells Ban Ki Moon Israel Broke Prisoner-Swap Agreement

Nasrallah tells Ban Ki Moon: Israel broke agreement

Date: 23 / 07 / 2008 Time: 09:33
Bethlehem – Ma'an –

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, on Tuesday night revealed details of a message he received recently from the Secretary General of Hizbullah, Hassan Nasrullah, saying that Israel has not met all of the conditions set out in the the prisoners deal with Hizbullah.

According to the initial message that Hizbullah had received, Israel should have released hundreds of Palestinian minors, women and elderly people detained in its jails. On the day of the prisoners swap only five live prisoners were released.

Israel sources responded and said that the deal included the consideration of the release of these prisoners by Israel, but there had been no guarantee.

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