Israeli prosecutors asked a Tel Aviv court to extend the administrative detention of two Lebanese prisoners held as bargaining chips for the return of captured air navigator Ron Arad. Prosecutors argued that Mustafa Dirani and Sheik Abdel Karim Obeid belong to a terrorist group and pose a threat to state security.
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