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Prisoners & exchanges with Israel

27 events

• 1 January 1970Capture of an Israeli soldier
• 28 February 1971Prisoner exchange
• July 1982Ansar detention camp opened
• 4 September 1982The Bhamdoun operation: eight Israeli soldiers capturedOn 4 September 1982 a group from Fatah's Jarmaq battalion infiltrated an Israeli observation post north of Bhamdoun and…
• 24 July 1983Escape from Ansar camp
• 14 June 1985Hijacking of a US airliner (TWA 847)
• 16 October 1986Capture of Ron AradOn 16 October 1986 an Israeli Phantom was shot down over Sidon and its navigator Ron Arad was captured by the Amal…
• 1 January 1987Last signs of life from Ron Arad: three letters and two photos
• 28 July 1989Abduction of Sheikh Abdel Karim ObeidThe "Organisation of the Oppressed on Earth" answered with the execution of the American Colonel Higgins.
• 27 November 1989Khiam prison uprising
• 21 September 1991Exchange: 51 Khiam detainees for the body of an Israeli soldier
• 21 October 1991Fifteen detainees freed from Khiam and Israeli prisons
• 1 December 1991Twenty-five detainees freed from Khiam
• 21 May 1994Abduction of Mustafa Dirani
• 21 July 1996Prisoner exchangeOn 21 July 1996 Hezbollah handed over the bodies of the two soldiers Fink and Alsheikh, captured in 1986, in exchange…
• 4 December 1997Day of the Wounded: "no remains-for-bodies swap, the prisoners come first"
• 26 June 1998The exchangeOn 26 June 1998 an exchange took place through German mediation: Israel handed over 40 bodies of resistance martyrs,…
• 13 September 1998Release of Souha Bechara after ten years in Khiam
• 19 April 2000Thirteen prisoners released from Ayalon prison
• 23 May 2000Khiyam prison freedOn 23 May 2000 the townspeople stormed the Khiyam prison as Lahd's army withdrew and freed some 145 detainees held…
• 7 October 2000The Shebaa Farms capture operationOn 7 October 2000 the resistance captured three Israeli soldiers (Adi Avitan, Benny Avraham and Omar Sawaid) in an…
• 15 October 2000Capture of Israeli colonel Elhanan TannenbaumOn 15 October 2000 Hezbollah announced the capture of the Israeli reserve colonel Elhanan Tannenbaum, who had been…
• 9 November 2003Israel's cabinet approves the German-mediated exchange with Hezbollah
• 29 January 2004The exchange dealThe release of the prisoners Sheikh Abdel Karim Obeid and Mustafa Dirani in exchange for the bodies of the three…
• 12 July 2006Operation "Truthful Promise"
• 15 October 2007Limited exchange: Gabriel Dawit's body for a prisoner and two bodies
• 16 July 2008The prisoner exchangeOn 16 July 2008 Hezbollah handed over the bodies of the two soldiers Goldwasser and Regev in exchange for the release…