Lebanese militant Samir Kantar enters Lebanon as part of dramatic prisoner swap

Lebanese militant Samir Kantar and four other prisoners crossed into a buffer zone between Lebanon and Israel on Wednesday, part of a dramatic prisoner swap that also involved the return of two dead Israeli soldiers to the Jewish state.

The Lebanese were driven in vehicles to the buffer zone, and were to cross by foot into Lebanon proper. Army crews removed barricades at the border to let the cars in.

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