Hezbollah says releases Israeli soldiers' remains

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Hezbollah says releases Israeli soldiers' remains
Sun Jun 1, 2008 8:03am EDT

By Ezzat Baltaji

NAQOURA, Lebanon (Reuters) - Hezbollah said on Sunday
it had released the remains of Israeli soldiers killed in
the 2006 war with Israel, which let go a Lebanese man who
had completed a jail term on charges of spying for the group.

The exchange increased speculation of progress in indirect
talks between Israel and Hezbollah over a broader prisoner
swap. Lebanese political sources said last Monday that the
talks had made major progress.

Nissim Nasser, released after a six-year jail term, was
greeted by Hezbollah officials in the southern village of
Naqoura, where the group unexpectedly announced the
release of the soldiers' remains.

"We today are handing over some of the remains of a number
of Israeli soldiers who were killed in the July war and who
the Israeli army left in Lebanon," Hezbollah security
official Wafik Safa said upon Nasser's arrival.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0168357220080601

[sabbat hunter]

1. I would like to know

what about the soldiers that Hizbollah kidnapped back before the war started? Are they still alive?

[Vegasaurus]

2. I'd doubt it, wouldn't you? nt

[eyl]

3. The assessment in Israel is that they're dead

though an official announcement hasn't been made