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| Israel and Hezbollah swap remains | Israel and Hezbollah swap remains |
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| Israel and the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah have exchanged the remains of an Israeli for a prisoner and the bodies of two guerrillas, reports say. | Israel and the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah have exchanged the remains of an Israeli for a prisoner and the bodies of two guerrillas, reports say. |
| The International Red Cross transported the bodies over the border near the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura. | The International Red Cross transported the bodies over the border near the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura. |
| The identity of the Israeli is unknown, but officials say he was a civilian. | The identity of the Israeli is unknown, but officials say he was a civilian. |
| Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers in July 2006 provoked a 34-day conflict with Israel in which more than 1,250 people, mostly civilians, died. | Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers in July 2006 provoked a 34-day conflict with Israel in which more than 1,250 people, mostly civilians, died. |
| Both Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser are still believed to be in captivity, although Israeli officials have raised the possibility that they may not have survived the cross-border raid by Hezbollah. | |
| Unconfirmed reports say the dead Israeli was an Ethiopian immigrant who drowned at sea several years ago and whose body washed up on the Lebanese coast. |