Israel Releases 5 Lebanese Militants After Hezbollah Returns 2 Israeli Soldiers' Bodies
Submitted: Jul 16, 2008 - BEIRUT, Lebanon — Five Lebanese militants freed from prisons in Israel in exchange for the bodies of two captured Israeli soldiers returned home Wednesday to a boisterous welcome from hundreds of cheering spectators.
Israel released Samir Kantar and four others after Hezbollah handed over two black coffins with the bodies of the Israeli soldiers, closing a painful chapter from the 2006 war in…

