Israel says citizen released from Lebanon

The Israeli prime minister's office said on Thursday that Israeli citizen Saleh Abu-Hussein, who was detained in Lebanon for about a year, returned to Israel following negotiations with the help of the Red Cross.

The office said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the citizen's return.

"This is a positive step and a sign of things to come," it wrote on social media platform X.

The prime minister's office did not disclose details on the circumstances of the Abu-Hussein's detention.

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