Lebanon receives first prisoner of five to be freed by Israel

Lebanon receives first prisoner of five to be freed by Israel Lebanon said it received a man on Thursday freed as Israel announced it would release five people detained from the country's south. The announcement came after Lebanon said its army received a man returned by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the first since Beirut called in August talks for the release of an initial group improsoned by Israel since the start of war in 2024.