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Report: One of captive soldiers dead
One of the two Israeli reservists held by Hizbullah for more than a year has died and the other is still alive, the Lebanese daily newspaper an-Nahar reported Saturday. An-Nahar quoted unnamed German diplomatic sources as saying officials in Berlin tried to obtain from Free Patriotic Movement leader Michael Aoun "some information" about Ehud Goldwasser, 31, and Eldad Regev, 26. "Aoun refused to get involved in this issue. However, security agencies there understood that one of the two prisoners is still alive and the second had passed away," the report said without further elaboration. Speaking to The Jerusalem Post an Israeli government spokesman said, "the Israeli government doesn't respond to reports made in the Lebanese media." Aoun is allied with Hizbullah, which leads a campaign backed by Syria and Iran against Premier Fouad Saniora's majority government. Meanwhile, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is expected to discuss the plight of the Israeli soldiers with Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Saturday, according to a report by the Lebanese paper Al Diyar, although no other source has confirmed that a meeting between the two will take place. Hizbullah had said it was prepared to swap the soldiers for Lebanese and Arab prisoners held by Israel. Posted by: Fred 2007-07-29 |
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