Yahya Skaf

Yahya Skaf, also spelled Yehia Skaff, from the Akkar district of Lebanon, is a person claimed to have been arrested by Israel on 11 March 1978 for participation in the Coastal Road massacre.cite web
url=http://www.khiamcenter.org/samirmemo.html
title=A Memorandum Calling For the Freedom of Samir Al-Kantar and the uncovering of the disappearances and the delivery of the Martyrs’ Corpses
publisher=Khiam Center
accessdate=5 October
accessyear=2006] He has never been tried and Israel claims he was killed during battle with his body never found. It's claimed by the Khiam Center that his family and some released detainees have borne witness to his imprisonment. .

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah suggested Skaf be a part of a prisoner exchange during the 2006 Lebanon War.Press Conference with Hasan Nasrallah, 12 July 2006, at [http://www.upc.org.uk Understanding the Present Crisis] . Retrieved 2006-08-13. ]

However, Nasrallah eventually changed his mind since there is no proof that Skaff is still alive. He was not included in the July 2008 prisoner exchange.

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