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| Israel buries returned soldiers | Israel buries returned soldiers |
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| Israel is holding military funerals for two soldiers returned from Lebanon by the militant Hezbollah movement as part of a prisoner exchange. | Israel is holding military funerals for two soldiers returned from Lebanon by the militant Hezbollah movement as part of a prisoner exchange. |
| The soldiers - Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser - are believed to have died when they were ambushed in 2006. | The soldiers - Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser - are believed to have died when they were ambushed in 2006. |
| The incident sparked a brief war between Israel and Hezbollah. | The incident sparked a brief war between Israel and Hezbollah. |
| In exchange for the return of their bodies, Israel has released five Lebanese prisoners and the remains of 200 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters. | In exchange for the return of their bodies, Israel has released five Lebanese prisoners and the remains of 200 Lebanese and Palestinian fighters. |
| Thousands of people have gathered for the funeral of Mr Goldwasser, held at the military cemetery in his hometown of Nahariya in northern Israel. | |
| Mr Regev is to be buried later on Thursday in the military section of the cemetery in Haifa. | |
| Fatal wounds | |
| The Israeli military feels an obligation to bring all its soldiers home. But Wednesday's exchange has been controversial in Israel because it freed convicted murderer Sammi Qantar. | The Israeli military feels an obligation to bring all its soldiers home. But Wednesday's exchange has been controversial in Israel because it freed convicted murderer Sammi Qantar. |
| Soldiers wearing purple berets carried Mr Goldwasser's coffin with the Israeli flag stretched across it. | |
| Israeli officials said Mr Goldwasser died of a chest wound from a rocket-propelled grenade when the vehicle he and Mr Regev were in was ambushed, the Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. | |
| Mr Regev was also wounded by the grenade blast, before being shot in the head, the newspaper said. |