Israel set for Hezbollah prisoner swap

Israel today released the names of prisoners to be freed in a swap with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas, after soldiers started exhuming the bodies of Lebanese fighters to be returned as part of the deal.

The three-part list includes 371 Palestinian prisoners, 60 Palestinians being held without trial and 30 Lebanese, other Arabs and a German citizen. The lists were posted on the Israeli prison service’s internet web site.