Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Beirut on Wednesday evening to celebrate the arrival of conivcted murderer Samir Kuntar and five other Israeli prisoners, who were realesed in the prisoner exchange between Israel and Hibullah, which took place earlier in the day. The five arrived to the ceremony dressed in full Hizbullah uniform and were greeted by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Fuad Siniora and other government and religious leaders. But the star of the night was Hizbullah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, who made a rare public appearance at the rally in Beirut in order to greet the former prisoners. In his speech he claimed the age of defeat is over, and the time of victory is now