Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah group have agreed to a prisoner exchange to be carried out on Wednesday.
The United Nations mediated the deal that will see Israel release five Lebanese prisoners. In return, Hezbollah is to hand over two Israeli soldiers captured in 2006, triggering a 33-day war between Israel and the Iranian-backed group. Hezbollah has given no word on the condition of the two soldiers, although they are widely presumed dead.
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