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Last update - 09:37 16/07/2008 Report: One of IDF soldiers to be swapped was killed in kidnapping By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: IDF, prisoner swap, Hezbollah A Lebanese newspaper reported Tuesday that at least one of the two Israel Defense Forces soldiers set to be returned in a prisoner exchange with the Hezbollah militant group was killed at the time of his abduction in 2006. The report in Al-Akhbar, which did not state whether Ehud Goldwasser or Eldad Regev had been killed, said that the other soldier had been wounded in the cross-border kidnapping operation, but that his current condition was unknown. It also said that at the time of the kidnap, two other IDF soldiers had fled from the jeep in which Goldwasser and Regev were riding. The abduction sparked a month-long war, which ended with a United Nations cease-fire resolution. Advertisement The cabinet on Tuesday ratified the swap deal, set to take place at 9 A.M. on Wednesday. The report also states that Israel refrained from bombing a Hezbollah headquarters building for fear that the abducted soldiers were being held there. According to Al-Akhbar, four squads of Hezbollah fighters took part in the operation. One squad was responsible for mortar fire, a second provided covering fire with small arms and larger weaponry, and a third fired in the direction of IDF emplacements in the area. The fourth squad had the most important role, penetrating into Israeli territory with stretchers and loading the two soldiers on to a civilian vehicle which took them to a nearby location, where the vehicle was exchanged for another. "It was clear that one of the soldiers was dead," the report said. As the operation began, the report says, an IDF force was operating in the area in two Hummer jeeps. Hezbollah's aim was to take the soldiers in the first vehicle captive, without having the vehicle burn completely. The squad responsible for the kidnapping had also apparently trained for the possibility that the doors of the jeep would be locked. The rocket-propelled grenades fired at the Hummer struck the side on which Goldwasser and Regev were sitting, wounding both. They were taken out by the Hezbollah squad, while two other IDF soldiers got out of the jeep and fled to an adjacent wooded area. A Hezbollah "clean-up squad" then came to the site, dousing the jeep with gasoline and burning it, in order to hide evidence that might have shed light on the incident. Related articles: Ahead of cabinet vote, captive troops' families push for okay on deal Olmert: Hezbollah report on fate of Ron Arad is 'absolutely unsatisfactory' Hezbollah hands report on Ron Arad over to Israel Ron Arad's family gets photos of missing IAF navigator Bookmark to del.icio.us   Hezbollah abduction How the Lebanese militia captured two IDF reservists in 2006, illustrated in pictures. Kuntar's crimes Israeli YouTube video details the 1979 terror attack perpetrated by Samir Kuntar.   1.   No exchange at present state 10:28  |  Nora 15/07/08   2.   Price to be paid for t the living is different than for the dead. 10:48  |  Jean Van Daem 15/07/08   3.   Playing havoc with family emotions 11:09  |  sweis Melbourne 15/07/08   4.   Proper medical care 11:40  |  Serge 15/07/08   5.   Heballah has a well established record on POW murder 13:05  |  PETER SM 15/07/08   6.   Disgust 13:06  |  A mother 15/07/08   7.   bad deal 13:25  |  Hilda 15/07/08   8.   #1 Nora 13:35  |  Scott G 15/07/08   9.   and if he isn`t dead already, Hizbullah will see to it... 13:44  |  x-ray 15/07/08   10.   Families emotions 13:48  |  Joe 15/07/08   11.   Just get on with it 13:55  |  Alan 15/07/08   12.   Define morality 14:00  |  Alan 15/07/08   13.   Unreliable Al-Akhbar report 15:29  |  Free Gilad Shalit 15/07/08   14.   Our current priorities 15:35  |  Free Gilad Shalit 15/07/08   15.   Alan.. 15:53  |  even 15/07/08   16.   Define "ill-in-the-head, terrorist-loving Jew Hater" 16:05  |  ZISD 15/07/08   17.   #11 Alan ...there is no doubt in my mind 16:11  |  Lynn 15/07/08   18.   THE LYING MURDERERS;HE DID NOT DIE;HE WAS TORTURED TO DEATH!!! 16:12  |  glenna 15/07/08   19.   Just get our boys home including Gilad and whereabouts of Ara 16:41  |  Nicole 15/07/08   20.   no reason why Hez headquarter cant be bombed on thurs 16:50  |  vik 15/07/08   21.   #21 Vik 18:39  |  Die_Evil 15/07/08   22.   The mirror doesn`t lie 18:41  |  Chopper 15/07/08   23.   Arab miltants 18:45  |  Boris 15/07/08   24.   A mirror doesn`t lie 18:54  |  Chopper 15/07/08   25.   The price is high, but our brave soldiers must come home! 19:30  |  Safta M 15/07/08   26.   TO #24 19:31  |  DAN 15/07/08   27.   Israel`s intent 20:11  |  Chopper 15/07/08   28.   to Die_Evil 20:56  |  vik 15/07/08   29.   # 23 BORIS 21:04  |  MO 15/07/08   30.   advert 21:16  |  deafened delilah 15/07/08   31.   swap-the same way we get ours.... 21:43  |  benaymin 15/07/08   32.   Israel must withdraw from Geneva Conv. regarding Lebanon 21:45  |  Dr. L. Brnd 15/07/08   33.   I have a dream 21:50  |  Big Al 15/07/08   34.   israel voluntarily withdrew from south lebanon!!! 21:52  |  michelle 15/07/08   35.   Dear Dr. L.Brnd, listen to Big Al`s Dream... 22:08  |  michelle 15/07/08   36.   #32...Big Al 22:30  |  Nemesis 15/07/08   37.   to mother in the north 20:18  |  Dik 16/07/08   38.   THE DIVIDED NATIONS CEASE FIRE THAT HAD A/MAD/JAD`S HANDWRITING 17:18  |  glenna 17/07/08

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