Nasim Nisr is a Lebanese citizen who was convicted of spying for Hezbollah. Nisr was born in Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 to a Muslim

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 father and a Jewish mother who converted to Islam after her marriage. Nisr moved to Israel

Israel

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 in 1982, and obtained Israeli citizenship

Citizenship

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 under the Law of Return

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. He was arrested in 2002, and subsequently tried and convicted of spying for Hezbollah. He was sentenced to six years in prison in a plea bargain

Plea bargain

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. His release in a prisoner exchange was a Hezbollah demand during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War #Other uses|Tammūz]]) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War , was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories. The principal parties were Hezbollah...

, which Israel refused. However on June 1, 2008, he was released in exchange for the body parts of Israeli soldiers killed during the 2006 war.
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