what was so critical about those 3, to stage such an operation to capture them?
The captured Hussein Nasrallah has the same name as a key Hizbollah official.
I wonder if this is it.
I think a higher ranking guy was the intended target. He either got away or they got who they could and got out.
This gives Israel some guys to trade back for their guys without having to give up any top guys they already have.
Also, they've been getting bad PR with Qana and recent stuff.
A raid like this gives them some good pr, it's good news for the public.
Sort of like the Jessica Lynch raid on a bigger scale.