ROSH HANIKRA, July 16, SPA -- Lebanon's Hezbollah handed over two black coffins Wednesday said to contain the bodies of two Israeli soldiers and Israel prepared to set free one of Hezbollah members in a dramaticprisoner swap. The bodies of the two Israeli soldiers were those of EhudGoldwasser and Eldad Regev. The swap _ mediated by a U.N.-appointed German officialwho shuttled between the sides for 18 months, according to reports of Foreign news agencies. Once the Israelis' bodies are positively identified,Israel will turn over Samir Kantar and four other Lebanese prisoners to Hezbollah. Lebanon's Al-Manar TV quoted senior Hezbollah officialWafik Safa at the border as saying the bodies of the twoIsraelis were in a «mutilated» shape from injuries theysuffered during the raid.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/574203
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