Authorities Return Palestinian, who Swam to Lebanon, Back to Israel
The Lebanese General Security handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross a Palestinian national who had swum to Lebanon in September 2011, reported the National News Agency on Thursday.
Ahmed Jamal Mahmoud al-Daaif will then be handed over to Israel.
The pan-Arab daily al-Hayat reported on Thursday that Daaif had entered Lebanon by mistake as he was practicing diving at a beach in northern Israel.
He was immediately arrested upon his arrival in Lebanon.
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