Israel releases Hezbollah spy

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.

Israeli authorities released Nasim Nisr early today after he completed a six-year sentence for espionage, driving him from a prison in central Israel to the northern Rosh Hanikra crossing.