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Hamas emboldened by Israel-Hezbollah swap :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World
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NAHARIYA, Israel Thousands of Israelis prayed and cried at funerals Thursday for two soldiers whose return from Lebanon in black coffins touched off a nationwide wave of anguish. (article 1)
NAQOURA, Lebanon Israel freed a notorious Lebanese attacker and four others Wednesday after Hezbollah handed over two black coffins with the bodies of Israel soldiers, a dramatic prisoner swap that closes a painful chapter from the 2006 war in Lebanon. (article 2)
In Israel, family and friends outside the homes of the two captured Israeli soldiers burst into tears when TV images showed Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas taking the coffins out of a black van. (article 2)
JERUSALEM Israel's Cabinet on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an emotionally charged deal to trade a Lebanese militant convicted of killing three people for two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah guerrillas and believed to be dead. (article 3)
A Gulf newspaper reported Monday that Israel is willing to include jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti in a list of 300 Palestinian prisoners to be freed in exchange for abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. (article 6)
Unlike the soldiers who were snatched several weeks later by Hezbollah, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, several signs of life from Shalit have been released. (article 6)
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Source articles
- 'Farewell to Udi and Eldad' :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 07/22/2008, 290 words)
- Hezbollah hands over coffins in prisoner swap :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 07/22/2008, 1250 words)
- Israel Cabinet OKs prisoner swap with Hezbollah :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 07/22/2008, 815 words)
- Hamas emboldened by Israel-Hezbollah swap :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 07/22/2008, 832 words)
- Thousands at burials of returned Israeli soldiers :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (suntimes.com, 07/22/2008, 883 words)
- Report: Israel willing to free Marwan Barghouti for Shalit (haaretz.com, 07/21/2008, 801 words)
- Olmert: Israel can be 'proud' of swap deal with Hezbollah (haaretz.com, 07/20/2008, 667 words)
- Abbas didn't have to honor terrorist :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Steve Huntley (suntimes.com, 07/22/2008, 706 words)
- Israel's choice risky, but human :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary (suntimes.com, 07/22/2008, 369 words)
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