Israel and Lebanon prisoner swap

Lebanese prisoner Samir Qantar (r) with Israeli prison staff, border police and other prisoners before leaving Hadarim prison, near the Israeli coastal city of Netanya Photograph: AP

Five Lebanese prisoners, including Qantar (3rd r), who was convicted of one of the most brutal attacks in Israel's history, were taken from the prison before dawn and driven toward the Lebanese border Photograph: AFP

Trucks carrying the bodies of Lebanese fighters drive into Lebanon at the border crossing of Rosh Hanikra, in northern Israel. The international committee of the Red Cross said it had handed over the bodies of fighters to Hizbullah as part of the deal Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP

Staff from the Islamic Health Committee stand by coffins containing the remains of Hizbullah and Palestinian fighters at the southern Lebanese border crossing of Naqoura Photograph: Anwar Amro/AFP

Wafiq Safa (c), Hizbullah's coordinator for the prisoner swap, waits with Red Cross officials as a Lebanese army officer signs documents making the swap official Photograph: AFP

Israeli reserve soldiers Eldad Regev (l) and Ehud Goldwasser, whose capture by Hizbullah in a cross-border raid triggered the 34-day war with the Iranian-backed group two years ago Photograph: Reuters

Hizbullah members hand over the remains of the two captured Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross, at the Naqoura border point Photograph: Issam Kobeisy/Reuters

An Israeli soldier lights a candle under a portrait of Regev, as friends and family mourn outside his home Photograph: Yehuda Raizner/AFP

Fighters ride horses while holding Hizbullah's yellow flag during a miiltary parade in honour of the prisoner swap deal Photograph: Ramzi Haidar/AFP

Hizbullah officials prepare to receive the bodies of 199 fighters as part of the exchange Photograph: Salah Malkawi/Getty

A Hizbullah member salutes the coffins containing the remains of Hizbullah and Palestinian fighters, next to a cut-out of the late leader, Imad Moghniyeh, at the Naqoura crossing Photograph: Jamal Saidi/Reuters

A relative waits before the ceremony to welcome the prisoners back to Lebanon Photograph: Darko Bandic/AP