BEIRUT: Israel has responded to Lebanese demands for the release of 34 Lebanese detainees with what Lebanese sources described as an “impossible” condition: information on Lebanese Jews who disappeared during the civil war in the 1980s and the return of their remains.
The Lebanese Association for Prisoners and Freed Detainees has documented 34 Lebanese held in Israeli prisons, including three detained in 1978, 1981 and 2005.
The remaining 31 include 10 Hezbollah fighters, two nurses detained while accompanying Hezbollah members who were arrested, and 21 civilians.
According to detainee lists obtained by Asharq Al-Awsat, nine Lebanese were documented as having been detained during the latest war, which erupted on March 2, while 22 were detained between October 2024 and February 2026.
Impossible conditions
