BEIRUT: The International Committee of the Red Cross facilitated
the repatriation Tuesday from Israel of three Lebanese females and the remains
of a male Lebanese civilian, the ICRC said in a statement.
The handover operation took place in two stages at the southern
end of Ras Naqoura on the Israeli-Lebanese border in the presence of ICRC
delegates.
“Our role is strictly humanitarian and part of our ongoing work
to restore and maintain contact between people detained or separated in
connection with armed conflict and their families,” the ICRC quoted Jurg
Montani, the head of the ICRC delegation in Lebanon, as saying.
“The ICRC is acting in its capacity as a neutral intermediary at
the request of the families and the Israeli and Lebanese authorities, and with
the full consent of all parties concerned,” he added.
In 2012, the
ICRC repatriated seven Lebanese civilians and the remains of four others from
Israel to Lebanon. It also facilitated the transfer of an Israeli Arab national
from Lebanon to Israel.
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