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Israel releases 752 prisoners detained at the Ansar Prison and transports 1,131 other detainees to prisons inside Israel

Associated Timeline/Case: 
Old Wars, New Wars | January, 1983 to December, 1988
Date of incident: 
April 3, 1985
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April 3, 1985: Israel released 752 prisoners detained at the Ansar Prison, a detention center set up three years earlier north of the Litani River in South Lebanon. It transported 1,131 other detainees to prisons inside Israel. This release marked the permanent closing of the prison in Lebanon