Israeli, Arab Prisoners On Flights to Freedom ; Businessman Will Be Exchanged for 400 Palestinians

The Record, Bergen County, NJ › January 29, 2004

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JERUSALEM - Arab prisoners and a single Israeli flew on separate planes toward freedom in Germany today, in a long-awaited prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.

A plane carrying 36 Arabs prisoners took off from Jerusalem shortly before 4 a.m., while another plane left Beirut, Lebanon, carrying kidnapped businessman Elhanan Tannenbaum and the bodies of three Israeli soldiers.

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Israeli, Arab Prisoners On Flights to Freedom ; Businessman Will Be Exchanged for 400 Palestinians

"My name is Elhanan Tannenbaum and I am an Israeli citizen," he said at Beirut's airport as he w...

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