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Samir Kuntar: I'm yearning more than ever to confront Israel
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The images were jarring: A young woman standing in the embrace of the prime minister of Israel, her outstretched hand placed atop the flag-draped coffin of her soldier husband. (article 7)
With solemn speeches and military salutes, thousands of mourners on Thursday buried the two Israeli soldiers whose remains were returned in a long-awaited exchange with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah on Wednesday. (article 2)
The funeral of Sgt. First Class Ehud Goldwasser took place in Nahariya, the soldier's hometown on the northern coast, within view of the Lebanese border crossing where the exchange took place. (article 2)
ROSH HANIKRA, Israel - Without pomp but with modest ceremony, Israel on Wednesday somberly brought home the bodies of two of its soldiers in black coffins, part of a long-awaited prisoner exchange with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. (article 3)
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 4)
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 5)
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Hezbollah, Israel, Kuntar, Lebanon, Lebanese |
Source articles
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SPECIAL REPORT W/ BRIT HUME (FOX News, 07/18/2008, 2057 words)
- Funerals in Israel for Two Soldiers (nytimes.com, 07/18/2008, 627 words)
- Yielding Prisoners, Israel Receives 2 Dead Soldiers (nytimes.com, 07/17/2008, 754 words)
- Regev and Goldwasser to receive military funerals Thursday (haaretz.com, 07/17/2008, 863 words)
- Kuntar vows to continue his 'resistance' against Israel (haaretz.com, 07/17/2008, 574 words)
- A SHAMEFUL EXCHANGE (NY Post, 07/18/2008, 381 words)
- The images were jarring: A young woman standing in... (baltimoresun.com, 07/19/2008, 312 words)
- Samir Kuntar: I'm yearning more than ever to confront Israel (haaretz.com, 07/18/2008, 424 words)
- What does Nasrallah mean by 'defense strategy'? (haaretz.com, 07/18/2008, 391 words)
- Prisoners’ Homecoming a Triumph for Hezbollah (nytimes.com, 07/17/2008, 731 words)
- US, Iraq agree to troop 'time horizon' (NY Post, 07/19/2008, 153 words)
- Though officials had suspected that Ehud Goldwasse... (baltimoresun.com, 07/20/2008, 457 words)
- A THUG'S WELCOME (NY Post, 07/19/2008, 662 words)
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