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  • Coffins Of Ehud Goldwasser And Eldad Regev Delivered To Israel-Lebanon Border

    07/16/2008 1:02:22 AM PDT · by edpc · 53 replies · 212+ views
    Haaretz ^ | July 16, 2008 | Haaretz Service
    Two years after Israeli reservists Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were abducted by Hezbollah guerillas in a cross-border raid, coffins said to contain their bodies were taken to the Lebanese side of its border with Israel as part of a prisoner exchange to bring them home. The swap, overwhelmingly approved Tuesday by the cabinet, began at around 9 A.M. Wednesday at the Rosh Hanikra crossing, under the auspices of the International Red Cross Committee. A convoy carrying the bodies of the two Israelis reached the Rosh Hanikra crossing on the Lebanese side of the border at about 8:30 A.M., where...