Swap deal begins ~ 2 "Israeli" soldiers dead
Source: AFP, 16-7-2008
Hizbullah handed over two coffins it said contained the remains of two "Israeli" soldiers captured two years ago, at the start of a prisoner swap with "Israel" on Wednesday.
Two black coffins were seen after Hizbullah official Wafiq Safa announced the beginning of the exchange at the Naqura border crossing between "Israel" and Lebanon.
The bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and DNA tests are being carried out to confirm the identities before the Lebanese fighters are handed over.
"Coming Home," was the stark headline in the "Israeli" newspaper Yedioth Aharanoth.
But in Lebanon, celebratory banners and flags are flying along the main coastal highway from Naqoura to Lebanon's southern port city of Sidon, and the cabinet has declared Wednesday a national holiday.
The "Israeli" army was preparing for military funerals on Thursday in their home villages.
Shlomo Goldwasser, the father of Ehud, blasted the hero's welcome being prepared in Lebanon for Kintar.
"Israeli" President Shimon Peres on Tuesday pardoned the five Lebanese, saying it was "not a happy day for having to free such (what he alleged as) murderers, but we have a moral responsibility to bring our soldiers home."
Hizbullah handed over two coffins it said contained the remains of two "Israeli" soldiers captured two years ago, at the start of a prisoner swap with "Israel" on Wednesday.
Two black coffins were seen after Hizbullah official Wafiq Safa announced the beginning of the exchange at the Naqura border crossing between "Israel" and Lebanon.
The bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and DNA tests are being carried out to confirm the identities before the Lebanese fighters are handed over.
"Coming Home," was the stark headline in the "Israeli" newspaper Yedioth Aharanoth.
But in Lebanon, celebratory banners and flags are flying along the main coastal highway from Naqoura to Lebanon's southern port city of Sidon, and the cabinet has declared Wednesday a national holiday.
The "Israeli" army was preparing for military funerals on Thursday in their home villages.
Shlomo Goldwasser, the father of Ehud, blasted the hero's welcome being prepared in Lebanon for Kintar.
"Israeli" President Shimon Peres on Tuesday pardoned the five Lebanese, saying it was "not a happy day for having to free such (what he alleged as) murderers, but we have a moral responsibility to bring our soldiers home."
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