Israel says it has moved four Lebanese detainees to a new facility to
prepare for a prisoner swap with the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah
on Wednesday.
A prison spokesman says the four men will join
another Lebanese man, Samir Kantar, at the Hadarim prison. Kantar was
jailed for life for killing three Israelis in a cross-border attack in
1979.
All five men are scheduled to be released on Wednesday in
exchange for two Israeli soldiers. Hezbollah captured the soldiers in
a cross-border raid in 2006, sparking a month-long war. Israeli
officials believe the soldiers are dead.
The Israeli government approved the deal last month.
In
return for the prisoners, Hezbollah has also given Israel a report
about missing Israeli airman Ron Arad, whose plane went down in Lebanon
in 1986.
In the report, Hezbollah says it believes Arad is
dead. But Israel says the document does not give a clear answer about
the pilot's fate.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.
