Hizbullah Hands Over Coffins in Prisoner Swap

[AP/Washington Post ] Aron Heller - Hizbullah on Wednesday turned over to the Red Cross two black coffins believed to contain the bodies of Israeli soldiers captured two years ago, in a prisoner exchange with Israel. If Israeli forensic experts positively identify the bodies as Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, Israel will turn over five Lebanese prisoners including Samir Kuntar. Witnesses recounted that in a 1979 terror attack in Nahariya, Kuntar shot Danny Haran in front of his 4-year-old daughter, then killed her by smashing her skull with his rifle butt.


2008-07-16 01:00:00

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