ISRAEL: Israeli troops bring six bodies back across the border with Lebanon

Record ID: 396774

  • Title: ISRAEL: Israeli troops bring six bodies back across the border with Lebanon
  • Date: 26th July 2006
  • Summary: (BN2) NEAR THE ISRAEL- LEBANON BORDER, ISRAEL (JULY 26, 2006) (REUTERS) SOLDIERS WAITING NEAR THE ISRAEL- LEBANON BORDER, SIX STRETCHERS ON THE GROUND SOLDIERS WAITING VARIOUS OF TANK CARRYING BODIES OF SIX HIZBOLLAH MEMBERS ARRIVING AT THE SITE AFTER CROSSING THE BORDER TWO RELIGIOUS SOLDIERS FROM THE UNIT IN CHARGE OF ARMY BURIALS TALKING SOLDIERS CARRYING A STRETCHER AP
  • Embargoed: 10th August 2006 13:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: War / Fighting,Defence / Military
  • Reuters ID: LVA5R2A5R94QWPCANRBRIYJBCUOY
  • Story Text: The bodies of six Hizbollah fighter were brought into Israel on Wednesday (July 26) aboard an Israeli tank.
    The bodies will be temporarily buried in Israel but could be returned to Lebanon as part of a future exchange with Hizbollah.
    Hizbollah has acknowledged that at least 10 of its fighters had been killed in the last 24 hours in southern Lebanon.
    The Israeli TV station Channel 2 later reported a Hizbollah claim that the bodies were those of Lebanese civilians, not fighters.
    Since the fighting broke out earlier this month 418 people in Lebanon and 42 Israelis have been k
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