Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah hinted Friday his group might kidnap Israel Defense Forces soldiers to win the release of three Lebanese citizens held by Israel.
He said that prisoner exchange negotiations with Israel were reaching a decisive stage and warned that the group could resort to force to free the last Lebanese detainees if talks failed.
"When we fail in negotiations, and that should be determined soon, we will only have one choice left in front of us. It is what brought back some of the brothers who are among us now," Nasrallah said referring to last year's exchange of a Hezbollah-captured IDF reserve colonel and the bodies of three soldiers in return for hundreds (of) Arab prisoners.
snip
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/568447.htmlReportedly, Nasrallah made this statement while commemorating capture of Samir Kantar, who has been in jail since 1979, for killing three Israelis.
Meanwhile, according to the article, "Israel has said it will not release Kantar before getting information about Ron Arad, an Israeli navigator whose plane was shot down over Lebanon in 1986. Israeli reports have often said Arad has been taken to Iran, but Iran has always denied this allegation."
Great, a new wrinkle to the negotiating process.
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
