March 15, 1979 - Israel exchanges 66 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for an Israeli soldier captured in Lebanon.
Nov. 24, 1983 - Six Israeli soldiers captured in Lebanon are released by the Palestine Liberation Organization in exchange for 4,700 Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners held by Israel.
June 28, 1984 - 291 Syrian soldiers and 20 security prisoners were exchanged for three Israeli soldiers and three Israeli civilians as well as the remains of two Israeli soldiers.
May 21, 1985 - Three Israeli soldiers captured in Lebanon are released by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command in exchange for 1,150 prisoners held by Israel.
July 21, 1996 - Israel frees 45 Shiite Muslims and returns the bodies of 100 Hezbollah fighters to Hezbollah in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers killed in Lebanon.
June 25, 1998 - Israel frees 60 prisoners and transfers the bodies of 40 Hezbollah fighters to Hezbollah in exchange for the body of an Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon.
October 1997 - Israel releases about 70 prisoners, including Hamas leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in exchange for two intelligence agents who were captured during an attempt to assassinate another Hamas leader, Khaled Mashaal.
Jan. 29, 2004 - Hezbollah releases an Israeli citizen and the bodies of three Israeli soldiers in exchange for 429 prisoners held by Israel and 59 bodies of Lebanese killed in fighting.