Second Israeli Prisoner Released
US-Israeli Ilan Grapel, detained in Egypt on espionage accusations was released Thursday in exchange for 25 Egyptians jailed in Israel.
Egypt released American-Israeli Ilan Grapel Thursday in exchange for 25 Egyptians jailed in Israel, said an Israeli official.
"We have received him," Israeli legislator Yisrael Hasson, who was sent to Egypt with another official to bring Grapel to Israel, said on Israel Radio from Cairo.
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Grapel was expected to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shortly after arriving in Tel Aviv and continue on to the United States, where he lives.
He was detained in Egypt in June on espionage accusations, which Israel has denied. The Egyptian prisoners crossed the border into Egypt near Israel’s Red Sea resort of Eilat.
