Lebanon receives four prisoners from the Israeli occupation
Beirut, Sept 4 (KUNA) -- Lebanon announced on Friday that it had received, through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), four prisoners who had been held by the Israeli occupation. A convoy of the ICRC proceeded to the town of Naqoura at the Ras al-Naqoura border crossing in the south to receive the four prisoners from the Israeli occupation, and subsequently handed them over to the Lebanese Army at the Mansouri area, south of Sidon.
In a statement, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun expressed his gratitude for all efforts and initiatives undertaken, particularly those by the United States under the leadership of President Donald Trump, as well as international entities, foremost among them the ICRC, which led to the release of the first batch of Lebanese detainees by the Israeli occupation government today.
Aoun described this first step as “reaffirming the viability of Lebanon’s firm stance, encompassing all its components, as well as the necessity of completing the required steps outlined in the trilateral framework, leading to the full restoration of Lebanese sovereignty, without ceding an inch of our land or losing a single person from our people.”
The Lebanese president extended congratulations on freedom to the released prisoners, as well as to their families and relatives, renewing the commitment to “continue the struggle to achieve all national demands and objectives, so that all Lebanese may live with dignity in a free homeland where no weapon exists on its soil except that of its legitimate forces, and where no sovereignty over its children exists except that of its protective, guaranteeing, capable, and just state.”
Lebanon signed a trilateral framework agreement on June 26 with the United States and the Israeli occupation, following the conclusion of the fifth round of Lebanese-Israeli talks mediated by the United States in Washington. The agreement included provisions concerning the withdrawal of the Israeli occupation, the return of displaced persons and prisoners, and the repatriation of Lebanese bodies held by the occupation. (End) A.Y.B. / T.M.A.
