Israel Frees Lebanese Shepherd
Israeli authorities on Thursday handed over to U.N. peacekeepers a Lebanese shepherd who was arrested near the border in southern Lebanon a day earlier.
Ismail Khalil Nabaa was handed over to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon via the Naqoura border crossing, the army said.
He was then given back to the Lebanese army, the military added in a communique.
A 12-strong Israeli force kidnapped Nabaa while grazing his flock on the heights of Jabal al-Saddaneh, north of the U.N.-demarcated Blue Line, the National News Agency said on Wednesday.
Israel has detained Lebanese civilians in the disputed border region in the past, and regularly conducts overflights into southern Lebanon.
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