By NNN-KUNA,
Ramallah : The Israeli cabinet has approved the prisoner swap with Hezbollah with 22 ministers voting in favour, and only three against.
The next step is for the Israeli president to approve the deal.
According to Israeli law, prisoners who killed an Israeli shall be pardoned only with a presidential endorsement.
The newly-inked decision will come into effect on Wednesday.
According to the terms of the deal, veteran Lebanese prisoner Samir Quntar will be pardoned and transferred to the Lebanese territories in addition to the bodies of 199 Palestinians and other Arabs.
This is to be carried out in return for handing over Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, the two Israel Defence Force reservists abducted by Hezbollah two years ago.
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