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Israeli soldiers given final farewell

July 17, 2008 in Soldiers In Iraq, The Fallen


The Southern Ledger
Thousands gather at soldier funeral
The Press Association - Jul 17, 2008
Thousands of people have gathered for the funeral of one of the Israeli soldiers returned in a prisoner exchange with Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Thousands gather at Israeli soldiers funeral

July 17, 2008 in The Fallen

Thousands of mourners gathered Thursday in a northern Israeli town to bury the first of two soldiers returned in a prisoner exchange with Lebanon’s Hezbollah guerrillas.
Ehud Goldwasser was one of the soldiers whose remains were returned by Hezbollah in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners and the remains of some 200 Arab fighters.

His wooden coffin was [...]

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Israel to Swap Hezbollah Prisoners for Dead Soldiers

June 30, 2008 in Soldiers In Iraq

BBC News

Israel to Swap Hezbollah Prisoners for Dead Soldiers
Vancouver Sun, Canada - 4 hours ago
The magazine also said American special forces have been conducting cross-border operations into Iran from southern Iraq since last year, a charge flatly …

A controversial swap that will result in the return to Lebanon of five convicted killers will [...]

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