Despite its withdrawal from the South of Lebanon on 25/05/2000, Israel did constrain a number of Lebanese citizens in its prisons as hostages, the thing that violates Geneva convention the fourth and all the International Laws. But, on 29th of January 2004, it was the glorious day for Lebanon. And here we shed the light on the last detainee, Samir Qontar whom we're waiting for his freedom very soon.

1. Samir Sami Qontar from the town of Abey, born in 1962, single. He was arrested on April 22, 1979, during an operation in Naharya inside occupied Palestine. He’s serving a life sentence in Nafha prison in the desert. He was sentenced into 542 years imprisonment.

2. Nassim Nisr (more information soon)

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The 29th of January 2004 is a glorious and historical day for Lebanon, Palestine and all humanity.

This day, freedom was honored and our National Resistance succeeded in the liberation of thousands of Arab detainees from the Israeli prisons:

There will be 23 Lebanese detainees, 400 Palestinian detainees, 5 Syrians, 3 from Sudan, 3 from Morocco, one Libyan and one German released today. In addition of this, 59 bodies of Lebanese resistant tortured and killed during the occupation will be given back, with information about some Lebanese and Palestinian missing.

Due to this agreement the Israeli government will also deliver maps of the mines her army planted in southern Lebanon during his long occupation.

After 3 long and laborious years of negotiations, the German mediation succeeded in the release of these detains and the exchange operation between Israel and HizboAllah.

Our struggle in the Khiam Rehabilitation center and the follow up committee for the support of Lebanese detainees for the liberation of our Heroes was supported by hundreds of Arab and International human rights organizations that we deeply thank.

This Victory is not completed; it urges us to work harder on this national case for the release of all the Lebanese detainees and work on the rehabilitation of the released, giving them all the psychological, medical and social assistance that they deserve.

Mohammed Safa

29/01/2004