Ilan Grapel expected to fly from Cairo to Tel Aviv Thursday evening

Attorney Yitzhak Molcho, the prime minister's envoy, will fly to Cairo on Thursday in order to meet Israeli-American citizen Ilan Grapel, who is expected to be released from prison.

The two are scheduled to board a flight from Cairo to Tel Aviv Thursday evening, and arrive at Ben-Gurion Airport, where Grapel will be greeted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Attila Somfalvi)