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Jul 17, 2008
Memorials For Troops Handed Over By Hezbollah; Critics Say Prisoner Swaps Hurt Israel Karnit Goldwasser, center left, the wife of Israeli soldier Ehud Goldwasser walks behind his coffin during his funeral in a military cemetery in Nahariya, northern Israel, July 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) (CBS/AP) As Israelis gathered to bury two dead soldiers kidnapped two years ago by Hezbollah guerrillas, critics pushed for a change in the policy that led to the lopsided prisoner exchange which brought their bodies home. Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser's remains were returned by Hezbollah in exchange for five Lebanese prisoners and the remains of some 200 Arab fighters on Wednesday. The men's capture two years ago in a cross-border raid by Hezbollah sparked a monthlong war between Israel and the guerrillas. It's not clear if...
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