Israel says it has moved four Lebanese detainees to a new facility toprepare for a prisoner swap with the Shi'ite militant group Hezbollahon Wednesday.
A prison spokesman says the four men will joinanother Lebanese man, Samir Kantar, at the Hadarim prison. Kantar wasjailed for life for killing three Israelis in a cross-border attack in1979.
All five men are scheduled to be released on Wednesday inexchange for two Israeli soldiers. Hezbollah captured the soldiers ina cross-border raid in 2006, sparking a month-long war. Israeliofficials believe the soldiers are dead.
The Israeli government approved the deal last month.
Inreturn for the prisoners, Hezbollah has also given Israel a reportabout missing Israeli airman Ron Arad, whose plane went down in Lebanonin 1986.
In the report, Hezbollah says it believes Arad isdead. But Israel says the document does not give a clear answer aboutthe pilot's fate.