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Hezbollah hands back Israeli soldiers in coffins
Summary from multiple countries, from articles in English
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The two Israeli soldiers abducted in 2006 by Hezbollah and whose bodies were returned Wednesday as part of a prisoner swap will receive military funerals Thursday in their respective hometowns. (article 7)
Convicted terrorist Samir Kuntar on Wednesday vowed to continue his resistance against Israel, speaking at a Beirut rally welcoming his return and that of four Hezbollah men Israel released as part of a swap deal with the Lebanon-based guerilla group. (article 12)
Samir Kantar, one of Lebanon's most notorious militants, has been freed by Israel as part of a controversial prisoner swap which saw the dead bodies of two kidnapped soldiers returned to the Jewish State this morning. (article 22)
Five Lebanese militants freed from prisons in Israel in exchange for the bodies of two captured Israeli soldiers returned home Wednesday to a boisterous welcome from hundreds of cheering spectators. (article 20)
Under a deal mediated by a German intelligence officer, Israel was to free five prisoners in exchange for two soldiers captured by Hezbollah guerrillas in a 2006 cross-border raid, who are widely presumed dead, government officials said. (article 8)
Three decades later, the perpetrator of one of the most notorious attacks in Israeli history is set to return home this week as part of a prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah. (article 24)
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Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Israeli, Soldiers |
Source articles
- /hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=1002303 (haaretz.com, 07/16/2008, 1213 words)
- Peres pardons Kuntar, says 'no forgiveness in my decision' (haaretz.com, 07/16/2008, 1440 words)
- Olmert: We paid a high price for our troops out of moral duty (haaretz.com, 07/16/2008, 764 words)
- Israel grieves for Regev and Goldwasser (L.A. Times, 07/16/2008, 785 words)
- Joy and despair as Israel and Hezbollah exchange prisoners (timesonline.co.uk, 07/16/2008, 794 words)
- body {background:#FFFFFF} (L.A. Times, 07/16/2008, 1500 words)
- Regev and Goldwasser to receive military funerals Thursday (haaretz.com, 07/17/2008, 858 words)
- ABC News: Israel and Hezbollah Set to Swap Prisoners (ABCNews, 07/15/2008, 338 words)
- Beirut welcomes freed prisoners (BBC News, 07/16/2008, 614 words)
- Terms of Trade -Times Online (timesonline.co.uk, 07/16/2008, 569 words)
- Hezbollah leader celebrates return of freed prisoners (L.A. Times, 07/17/2008, 701 words)
- Kuntar vows to continue his 'resistance' against Israel (haaretz.com, 07/17/2008, 574 words)
- A high price to ensure that no one is left behind (timesonline.co.uk, 07/15/2008, 661 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 07/16/2008, 1100 words)
- Israeli reaction to prisoner swap (BBC News, 07/16/2008, 736 words)
- ABC News: Israelis Gripped by New Photos of Missing Airman (ABCNews, 07/14/2008, 365 words)
- /hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=1001589 (haaretz.com, 07/14/2008, 536 words)
- Hezbollah confirms prisoner-swap with Israel (timesonline.co.uk, 07/16/2008, 478 words)
- 5 Lebanese militants freed from prison in swap with Israel - (baltimoresun.com, 07/16/2008, 845 words)
- ABC News: Hezbollah Trade: Coffins-for-Killers (ABCNews, 07/16/2008, 355 words)
- ABC News: Israel Mourns; Lebanon Cheers Ex-Prisoners (ABCNews, 07/16/2008, 699 words)
- Lebanese militant swapped for dead Israeli soldiers (timesonline.co.uk, 07/16/2008, 602 words)
- Hezbollah hands back Israeli soldiers in coffins (timesonline.co.uk, 07/16/2008, 634 words)
- ABC News: Lebanon to Celebrate Prisoners' Return From Israel (ABCNews, 07/14/2008, 343 words)
- Hezbollah, or the "Party of God," is both a milita... (baltimoresun.com, 07/17/2008, 855 words)
- Freed Lebanese prisoners at a glance (L.A. Times, 07/16/2008, 292 words)
- Lebanon hails militants freed in prisoner swap (CNN, 07/16/2008, 28 words)
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