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Barak: IDF will always work to bring the boys home By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent Tags: Ehud Barak, Hezbollah, Israel  Defense Minister Ehud Barak Wednesday underlined Israel's resolve to bring back captured soldiers, as the country carried out a prisoner exchange with Hezbollah in which the bodies of soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev were returned in coffins. "As a soldier, an officer and as defense minister, I announce that the IDF will always work to bring the boys home. Alive, wounded or dead. That is what the covenant between the IDF and its fighters and Israeli society means," he said at a graduation ceremony for naval officers in Haifa. "That has always been our way. Deep and total commitment to bringing boys home. A warrior is always a warrior and we will not waver from that fundamental value in the Israeli military and in Israeli society," Barak said. Advertisement Regarding Hezbollah, Barak said that "we are dealing with a bitter, despicable and cynical enemy. An enemy that sees human life as currency. Against this moral baseness, human life as a supreme value and the deep sorrow we feel in light of the loss are the source of our great strength and stability." Bookmark to del.icio.us   Kafka's heir Many believe Hava Hoffe is in possession of an important literary treasure. Press doyen Eric Silver, veteran of the foreign press corps in Jerusalem, dies aged 73.   1.   wrong policy 04:42  |  paulo2005 17/07/08   2.   Barak - Are you for real? 06:23  |  Dwido 17/07/08   3.   home 07:04  |  colin 17/07/08   4.   Hey, Barak - Just Worry About Rehabilitating the IDF 07:59  |  Tod Zuckerman 17/07/08   5.   At such a FOOLISH Expense......??? 08:04  |  Dagma 17/07/08   6.   Responose to No1 Comment 08:14  |  Eugenio 17/07/08   7.   Killed soldiers 09:07  |  Lasse 17/07/08   8.   A wrong turning at the fork in the road 09:11  |  Natallie Durson 17/07/08   9.   uncommon idiocy is common amongst Israel`s leaders 09:18  |  Steve 17/07/08   10.   A live IDF soldier still requires Israel to pay the price 09:21  |  Clickfool 17/07/08   11.   don`t bother to bring them back dead 09:34  |  NS 17/07/08   12.   Captives,Hostages what ever.. 11:03  |  maoriboy 17/07/08   13.   "IDF WILL ALWAYS WORK TO 11:41  |  Robert 17/07/08   14.   To all who think this deal was wrong 09:50  |  Yaakov 18/07/08

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