Jiro Ose

Crisis in Lebanon

In his rare public appearance, standing with released prisoners, most notably Samir Kuntar to his left, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, addresses the crowd of tens of thousand in a packed open square in Beirut's southern suburb on the night of Wednesday, Julyt 16, 2008 to celebrate the release of five prisoners from Israel. The prisoners were swapped by Israel in exchange for the bodies of two soldiers.
In his rare public appearance, standing with released prisoners, most notably Samir Kuntar to his left, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, addresses the crowd of tens of thousand in a packed open square in Beirut's southern suburb on the night of Wednesday, Julyt 16, 2008 to celebrate the release of five prisoners from Israel. The prisoners were swapped by Israel in exchange for the bodies of two soldiers.