Militia Returns 2 Dead Israelis

By The Tampa Tribune
Published: July 17, 2008

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Israel and the Shiite militia Hezbollah on Wednesday conducted a prisoner exchange, with two coffins containing the bodies of abducted Israeli soldiers swapped for five Lebanese prisoners, including a convicted murderer.

After receiving the coffins, Israeli officials positively identified the bodies as those of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, who were abducted by Hezbollah almost two years ago to the day in a dramatic cross-border raid that sparked a monthlong war.

Several hours later, Samir Kuntar, who was responsible for the deaths of four Israelis in 1979, crossed into Lebanon along with four fighters captured during the 2006 conflict with Lebanon.

"The age of defeats is gone, and the age of victories has come," said Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

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