An Israeli court turned down a petition for a criminal probe into a high-profile Lebanese prisoner, clearing the way for a proposed prisoner swap. The family of missing Israeli airman Ron Arad submitted the petition as a last-ditch effort to prevent Mustafa Dirani and another Lebanese captive from being freed in a prisoner swap with Hezbollah.
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