:
Su Jul 23 -

Lebanon:
THE GO-BETWEEN -

Currently being reported
at The Khaleej Times Online:

*Hezbollah has agreed to the Lebanese government dealing through a third party with Israel on a prisoner swap involving the two Israeli soldiers captured at the start of the conflict, Lebanon’s parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri said on Sunday.

"The Lebanese government will lead the exchange through the intermediary of a third party. This has been accepted by Hezbollah," Berri, who is close to the Lebanese militia, told journalists.

It was not immediately known who the third party would be.* ::July 23/AFP::

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+ One possibility mentioned
elsewhere at that publication:

"The Qataris are mediating between Israel and Hezbollah to end the current crisis in Lebanon," one senior political source told Reuters. ::July 23/Reuters::

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