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Ambulance transferring IDF soldiers' body parts from Lebanon into Israel (Yaron Kaminsky)
Last update - 10:08 03/06/2008
Doctors identify five IDF soldiers among remains handed over by Hezbollah
By Yuval Azoulay and Roni Singer-Heruti, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Hezbollah, prisoner exchange 

Specialists at the Abu Kabir Forensic Laboratory have been working on three shifts around the clock to identify the remains Hezbollah transferred to Israel on Sunday.

Officials said Monday that the remains that have been identified belong to five of nine Israeli soldiers who were killed during the Second Lebanon War, and whose bodies were not intact at burial.

In the coffin transferred to Israel on Sunday, Hezbollah included the military dog tag of an airman killed during the war, which was delivered to his family Monday by the IDF. Warrant Officer Ron Mashiach of Holon was killed on August 12, 2006, along with four other crew members, when their helicopter was downed by Hezbollah during operations in southern Lebanon.
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The coffin, which contained mostly tissue and small fragments of bone, are being identified using genetic profiling, which compares the findings with samples taken from relatives of the dead soldiers.

According to officials, most of the bone fragments have still not been identified, and the painstaking process may take as long as a month to complete.

Experts said that even though the condition of some of the tissue and bones is not good, DNA technology will prevail, as it has in other difficult tasks such as identifying remnants from the attack on the World Trade Center in New York on September 11, 2001.

The same sources said that the technology is available at the Abu Kabir Forensic Laboratory to carry out the necessary tests, and noted that there is no particular reason to send any of the parts abroad for testing, as had been done in the past.


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      2.   The big "surprise" 03:55  |  Tosefta 02/06/08
      3.   ANY JEW/ZIONIST WHO WANTS PEACE READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 03:59  |  MOE 02/06/08
      4.   hezbollah is in control 04:14  |  bashar 02/06/08
      5.   The big "surprise" 04:34  |  Tosefta 02/06/08
      6.   Oh how nice of them 04:48  |  Mikey 02/06/08
      7.   Israel should demand political concessions 04:55  |  MARK KLEIN, M.D. 02/06/08
      8.   Primitive People and Israel plays along - ???? 07:03  |  Eugenio 02/06/08
      9.   Destroy Hezbollah... 08:07  |  AJ 02/06/08
      10.   A White Surprise 08:09  |  isratinian 02/06/08
      11.   It`s disgusting that Hizbollah is using the remains of dead.... 08:26  |  R 02/06/08
      12.   Shame on all 08:35  |  gus 02/06/08
      13.   #7 Political concessions 09:34  |  outsider 02/06/08
      14.   Obviously, what took place yesterday was not an exchange. The 09:40  |  Albert 02/06/08
      15.   gus 09:45  |  m 02/06/08
      16.   body merchandizing by Nasrallah 10:06  |  Gregor 02/06/08
      17.   body parts "for free" in the name of islam 10:14  |  ziggurat 02/06/08
      18.   Israel has traded for body parts before this 10:32  |  Natallie Durson 02/06/08
      19.   Israel should not deal with these thugs, traders in human remains 11:13  |  Amihai 02/06/08
      20.   Nasser & his brothers must be laughing their heads off 11:13  |  PETER SM 02/06/08
      21.   #18 Nuttalie 11:19  |  Gregor 02/06/08
      22.   Only satan knows... 11:37  |  Esther 02/06/08
      23.   Necrophilia 11:43  |  Keops 02/06/08
      24.   Israel demand concessions criticism 12:03  |  betty 02/06/08
      25.   #`s 1 & 20 stop being stupid for once, peters m! 12:03  |  eric 02/06/08
      26.   ron arad`s mother said the following 12:03  |  avihu 02/06/08
      27.   Flash ! Nasralah rebrands trading logo 12:23  |  K 02/06/08
      28.   HEZBOLLAH ISN`T THAT STUPID 12:32  |  indrajaya 02/06/08
      29.   Hizballah, the "party of god", consists of a bunch of thugs whose 13:06  |  Hisham 02/06/08
      30.   A question - is it not against "international law" 13:10  |  17 02/06/08
      31.   Cheap IDF body parts 13:11  |  Adel 02/06/08
      32.   # 29, HISHAM 13:19  |  indrajaya 02/06/08
      33.   Nasrallah is simply a savage and Indra shares his culture in toto 13:25  |  Freethinker 02/06/08
      34.   adel are bahrainis primitives 13:29  |  avihu 02/06/08
      35.   adel there are 350 million arabs 13:37  |  avihu 02/06/08
      36.   Indrajaya #32 14:05  |  DC 02/06/08
      37.   Israel went to war for two dead people 14:27  |  Rachel Stevens 02/06/08
      38.   ERIC for once and for all if you have point make it 14:35  |  PETER SM 02/06/08
      39.   INDRAJAYA.Why should Israel trade blindly with POW murderers 14:41  |  PETER SM 02/06/08
      40.   Hizbollah are totally inhuman and should be wiped out. 14:53  |  Free Gilad Shalit 02/06/08
      41.   Freethinker, not free nor a thinker 14:54  |  ClearCut 02/06/08
      42.   We are dealing with thugs who trade in human remains. Is it not 15:22  |  Fawaz 02/06/08
      43.   Rachel Stevens - No, Hizbollah went to war to 15:30  |  Free Gilad Shalit 02/06/08
      44.   Thanks for the deep and pertinent response to my post, ClearCut 15:30  |  Freethinker 02/06/08
      45.   Fawaz of Halifax about th Muslim traders in body parts, you are 15:33  |  Ali al-Farsi 02/06/08
      46.   #43 Free Gilad Shalit 15:53  |  Rachel Stevens 02/06/08
      47.   Freethinker 15:55  |  ClearCut 02/06/08
      48.   nasser 16:13  |  glenna 02/06/08
      49.   Rachel Stevens #46 16:21  |  Free Gilad Shalit 02/06/08
      50.   Moe#2 - you might want to show this to the Arabs 16:30  |  William 02/06/08
      51.   If Israel frees Samir Kuntar... 16:41  |  ZS 02/06/08
      52.   War in Iraq - necessary, correct and beneficial for 16:42  |  17 02/06/08
      53.   Nuttalie Durson 17:03  |  CLa 02/06/08
      54.   # 2Tosefta And Some of Your Previous ones.Repetions all sorryToss 17:18  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      55.   # 22 Esther.Hizb`and His Disgusting "Bazaar" 17:24  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      56.   Israel - Return Samir Kuntar! 17:26  |  Jason Mollon 02/06/08
      57.   #45 Ali al-Farsi & Fawaz I say where is the condemnation by UN? 17:32  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      58.   The families! 17:50  |  R 02/06/08
      59.   Disengaging from Hizballah 17:58  |  Tosefta 02/06/08
      60.   A question - is it not against "international law" 18:25  |  17 02/06/08
      61.   What puzzles me 18:53  |  Chris Linthwaite 02/06/08
      62.   # 46 Rachel Stevens..Stop Right There! (IF YOU ARE RACHEL,THEN I 19:21  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      63.   Disgusting trade, islamic tradition? 19:30  |  Bob 02/06/08
      64.   # 37 Whoever it May Be..And The Spewing Of Lies 19:34  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      65.   Israel should talk to the Lebanese Goverment only NOT Hezbollah. 19:46  |  Jo 02/06/08
      66.   #62 Kathy of Karkur 19:47  |  Rachel Stevens 02/06/08
      67.   sick 19:48  |  wibism 02/06/08
      68.   #64 Kathy of Karkur 19:50  |  Rachel Stevens 02/06/08
      69.   Hezbo lies to safe face 19:58  |  Js 02/06/08
      70.   #64 Kathy of Karkur 20:00  |  Rachel Stevens 02/06/08
      71.   # 65, JO 20:07  |  indrajaya 02/06/08
      72.   # 61 C.L Puzzle no more.And stop manipulating..WHY? 20:07  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      73.   Read the real story of Nassim Nasser via Lebanon 20:11  |  Jo 02/06/08
      74.   Rachel Stevens 20:18  |  17 02/06/08
      75.   #38 Peter SM ,to eric.Sometimes I equate him,with Dino,and Gray 20:20  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      76.   #18 Natillie 20:20  |  Rob 02/06/08
      77.   note to ziggurat 20:25  |  whocares 02/06/08
      78.   Weeping for fallen 20:29  |  Connie 02/06/08
      79.   Indrajaya 20:31  |  Rob 02/06/08
      80.   #74 17 20:36  |  Rachel Stevens 02/06/08
      81.   # 79, ROB 20:45  |  indrajaya 02/06/08
      82.   Mr. M Shebaa is 100% Lebanese 20:45  |  gus 02/06/08
      83.   As long as the jews keep oppressing Muslim women 20:47  |  Natalie Durson 02/06/08
      84.   to Gregor, he returned them.better late then never 20:48  |  gus 02/06/08
      85.   tosefta why do you think feeding hizballah`s huge appetite 20:52  |  napthali 02/06/08
      86.   to Zuggurat this has nothing to do with Islam 20:54  |  gus 02/06/08
      87.   tosefta there is something wrong with your logic 20:57  |  napthali 02/06/08
      88.   tosefta you may have noticed that nasrallah has been quiet 21:02  |  napthali 02/06/08
      89.   Nutterlie finally speaks from the heart?? "Wife beater?" 21:02  |  ZISD 02/06/08
      90.   # 80 Rachel Stevens 21:06  |  17 02/06/08
      91.   tosefta and samir al kuntar 21:08  |  napthali 02/06/08
      92.   Self-hating Rachel 21:14  |  ZISD 02/06/08
      93.   Peace treaty that you refuse would bring you your land 21:14  |  17 02/06/08
      94.   The Party of God, sanctified of course by the all mighty, is a 21:41  |  Sami Khouri 02/06/08
      95.   #85 Funny, I thought Shebba farms are in Syria 21:43  |  DesMnsDave 02/06/08
      96.   #83 Speak out from behind your burka, Natalie 21:46  |  DesMnsDave 02/06/08
      97.   # 83 WaaaaT? Nutallie Waaaat?Surely it is other way around??? 21:52  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      98.   Rachel Stevens #46 21:53  |  Free Gilad Shalit 02/06/08
      99.   poor gus pulling the wool over his eyes 21:57  |  peter 02/06/08
      100.   macabre dealings 21:59  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/06/08
      101.   # 78 Oh Connie...I wish You had not reminded me! 21:59  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      102.   #25, eric 22:02  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/06/08
      103.   #59, Tosefta, "appeasement" 22:13  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 02/06/08
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      107.   # 88 Sami Khouri..Good to Read A decent Person(Wibis to hell).. 22:27  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      108.   # 66 Your So-Called Truth Is Full Of Holes.get it? 22:37  |  KATHY 02/06/08
      109.   #96 Des Mns Dave re Natallie 22:47  |  Labhras 02/06/08
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      112.   Tosefta and Nasrullah`s truthfulness 23:32  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 02/06/08
      113.   Racial Stevens 23:35  |  x-ray 02/06/08
      114.   rachel stevens you are a nutcase 23:46  |  ivri 02/06/08
      115.   # 100 Cipora J.K Macabre did you say?Unbelievable ! 00:00  |  KATHY 03/06/08
      116.   #94 Ssmi Khouri. Yes it Is A Dreadful Indictment. 00:04  |  KATHY 03/06/08
      117.   # 52 00:04  |  Axel 03/06/08
      118.   # 87 naphtali & tosefta. I would like Tosefta to be in the. 00:12  |  ..... 03/06/08
      119.   # 85 nephtali..hassan also warned us,he would continue to kidnap 00:18  |  ...... 03/06/08
      120.   # 78 Connie...i replied with tears in my eyes.. 00:20  |  ..... 03/06/08
      121.   #103 I normally do on most of my posts 00:22  |  DesMnsDave 03/06/08
      122.   du`a al aswad young kurdish girl stoned to death april 7 2007 01:05  |  wearemad 03/06/08
      123.   #106 Margie from fake olive"branch" 01:05  |  Labhras 03/06/08
      124.   #18 Natallie Durson, Vus Vais a Goy? 01:05  |  leo 03/06/08
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      126.   # 100 Whoever you are,It Is none of Your Business..Away With You! 01:09  |  .... 03/06/08
      127.   What a deal? 01:20  |  Salty 03/06/08
      128.   # 18 To the sick woman who polutes this site.i tell you... 01:20  |  ..... 03/06/08
      129.   # 33 Freethinker..i bet indra has never held a gun in his life. 01:24  |  ..... 03/06/08
      130.   # 75 to KATHY in KARKUR 01:26  |  eric 03/06/08
      131.   axel "typically jewish big mouthed" 01:28  |  ivri 03/06/08
      132.   Martian logic (Bird from Outerspace #106) 01:42  |  Tosefta 03/06/08
      133.   #113 You ask Barack. 01:43  |  ballistic 03/06/08
      134.   #195 ballistic 01:46  |  Ellis 03/06/08
      135.   83 Durson loosing it. 01:51  |  leo 03/06/08
      136.   Axel - children of my jeweish friends do serve in 02:00  |  17 03/06/08
      137.   dealing with terrorizm 02:10  |  issam 03/06/08
      138.   Ballistic - I know - some great people in Black 02:15  |  17 03/06/08
      139.   #PeterSM. Stop worrying... 02:28  |  Maureen Ann 03/06/08
      140.   What a delightful gesture! 02:35  |  Clickdick 03/06/08
      141.   Axel 109 02:39  |  ChanahS 03/06/08
      142.   # 129 issam..and dealing with terrorism. 03:13  |  ....... 03/06/08
      143.   # 119 Salty..What a deal? Yeah,yeah.been going on for too long... 03:19  |  ........ 03/06/08
      144.   #134 Ellis, why not lay off the sauce 03:21  |  ballistic 03/06/08
      145.   #138 Yes, 17, many folks used to think 03:25  |  ballistic 03/06/08
      146.   ERIC.the body parts were sent ONLY after Nasser arrived Read on 03:43  |  PETER SM 03/06/08
      147.   MAUREEN.Did you worry when Hesballa started their war by firing 03:50  |  PETER SM 03/06/08
      148.   Kathy 03:56  |  Beitcafe 03/06/08
      149.   ALL MERT IS EVER GOING TO BRING ISRAEL IS RUINS AND THE REMAINS 04:02  |  glenna 03/06/08
      150.   Rachel Stevens re: Israel & Iraq 04:56  |  Beitcafe 03/06/08
      151.   # 145 ballistic - The US are admired everywhere, 04:58  |  17 03/06/08
      152.   Holding prisoners & Body parts: Savages delight 05:08  |  enrique 03/06/08
      153.   Holding body parts: savages delight II 05:27  |  enrique 03/06/08
      154.   #147PeterSM. Hezbollah the Resistance. 06:03  |  Maureen Ann 03/06/08
      155.   despicable Muslims.... 06:05  |  Hans 03/06/08
      156.   # 146 to peters m 06:05  |  eric 03/06/08
      157.   to DesmnsDave If it Syrian why are you there? 06:32  |  gus 03/06/08
      158.   To enrique I agree but******************** 06:38  |  gus 03/06/08
      159.   #94 You Obviously Are Not Well Read 06:43  |  Arab Druze Muslim 03/06/08
      160.   MAURREN.Slogans do not alter that Hesbala bombed all over N.Israe 07:22  |  PETER SM 03/06/08
      161.   No Offence Meant 07:46  |  Andrew 03/06/08
      162.   #35 avinhu 07:48  |  justiceousmaximus 03/06/08
      163.   Na-zi-ralla, Body Part Merchant to the Stars 07:53  |  Dan 03/06/08
      164.   #132, Tosefta 08:19  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/06/08
      165.   Rachelle Stevens 08:37  |  Aby 03/06/08
      166.   ISRAEL TRADED NOTHING 08:37  |  Shosha 03/06/08
      167.   Savages holding body parts: lefties delight III 08:44  |  enrique 03/06/08
      168.   #17 Say 17, you really are out to lunch. 09:15  |  ballistic 03/06/08
      169.   Say Hans at #155, read your Talmud lately? 09:16  |  ballistic 03/06/08
      170.   Hello Beitcafe re: Israel and Iraq war... 09:17  |  Gray 03/06/08
      171.   sweet arrogant gus 10:08  |  peter 03/06/08
      172.   ballistic and shmaltz herring 10:48  |  peter 03/06/08
      173.   # 130 To eric A Reply for you.(Monday June 3rd). 16:03  |  KATHY 03/06/08
      174.   #148 Beitcafe***on conversations,and wrong interpretations. 16:39  |  KATHY 03/06/08
      175.   # 173 ** eric an Addendum. Did do the Ryme Extempore 17:53  |  KATHY 03/06/08
      176.   #172 Say Peter up in Montreal 17:55  |  ballistic 03/06/08
      177.   Anyone Who Begins With Say,Or By Golly:Should be Ignored 18:03  |  KATHY 03/06/08
      178.   #177, Kath, the self admitted panderer 18:47  |  ballistic 03/06/08
      179.   # 161 Andrew of Malaysia.Oh,How Nice..No Offence Meant ha? 19:03  |  KATHY 03/06/08
      180.   #150 Beitcafe...The Revenge By Bush Junior.. 20:39  |  KATHY 03/06/08
      181.   # 172 peter..This One Of balderdash`I did Read,And Laughed! 22:00  |  KATHY 03/06/08
      182.   #181 Say Kath--- of "the lower class", golly day! 00:03  |  ballistic 04/06/08
      183.   #176-ballistic wannabe 01:06  |  peter 04/06/08
      184.   #183 Well, Peter 02:02  |  ballistic 04/06/08
      185.   Kathy 04:14  |  Beitcafe 04/06/08
      186.   Hello, Gray 04:41  |  Beitcafe 04/06/08
      187.   # 173 to my friend kathy (2nd try) 09:35  |  eric 04/06/08
      188.   # 185 to beitcafe in the usa 10:04  |  eric 04/06/08
      189.   Eric 23:54  |  Beitcafe 04/06/08
      190.   # 189 to beitcafe 04:13  |  eric 05/06/08
      191.   Eric 23:52  |  Beitcafe 05/06/08
      192.   Eric 2 00:19  |  Beitcafe 06/06/08
      193.   # 191 to beitcafe (third try) 07:53  |  eric 07/06/08
      194.   Eric #193 03:32  |  Beitcafe 08/06/08
      195.   # 194 to beitcafe 16:49  |  eric 08/06/08
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