On 30 June 1985 , 39 foreigners seized on a TWA Flight 847 en route from Athens to Rome , hijacked to Beirut , were released . On July 1 1985 , Israel announced that it was ready to release Shia detainees from its prisons . Over the next several weeks , Israel released over 700 Shia prisoners , but Israel denied that the prisoners ' release was related to the hijacking . In July 1985 , 331 Lebanese Shias freed from Israeli detention claimed their release was part of a prisoner exchange deal , but the Israeli government formally denied that connection
TWA Flight 847
TWA Flight 847
Jibril Agreement