An Israeli soldier has been killed by a Lebanese army sniper as he drove along the border, the Israeli military said, drawing threats of retaliation.

ISRAEL freed a convicted Hezbollah spy yesterday and the militant group turned over the remains of Israeli soldiers killed in the 2006 war in Lebanon.

Israel freed a convicted Hezbollah spy today and sent him back to Lebanon, while Hezbollah turned over the remains of what it said were dead Israeli soldiers – in what could be the preliminary stage of a larger prisoner exchange between the bitter enemies.