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July 16, 2003       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/318428.html

IDF Rescues Kidnapped Taxi Driver

(Ha'aretz) - Amos Harel An Israeli taxi driver kidnapped by Palestinians was freed unharmed early Wednesday by Israeli commandos. Eliyahu Gurel, 61, was held in a pit, seven meters deep, in an abandoned building in Beitunia, west of Ramallah. Earlier, security forces had arrested four people involved in the kidnapping, and one of the abductors revealedGurel's location. Gurel said he picked up the kidnappers - two men, a woman, and a4-year-old girl - in Lod and was asked to take them to Jerusalem. The kidnappers spoke to Gurel in Hebrew, and he didn'ttell them he understood Arabic and what they were saying to each other.

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