Israeli cabinet on Tuesday ratified the prisoners swap deal with Hezbollah that will take place Wednesday.
In the framework of the deal which was approved by a majority of ministers, Hezbollah will return the two abducted Israeli reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev in exchange for five imprisoned Lebanese militants, including the killer Samir Kuntar, and the remains of some 200 Arabs.
Minutes before the cabinet meeting, Shas Chairman Eli Yishai said that the Israeli government must continue to do everything in its ability to find out what happened to discover the fate of an Israeli navigator Ron Arad.
The first stage of the swap deal was completed days ago, when Hezbollah transferred to Israel an 80-page report on the fate of Arad, who was shot down over Lebanon in 1986 and held by the Amal Shi'ite group until the night of May 4, 1988, when he disappeared.
Source:Xinhua
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