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Hezbollah, we are told, only fired rockets at Israel cause Israel attacked with bombers. What else could they do, not having their own bombers?
Israels attacks were in response to the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. But that kidnapping was a legitimate act of war, it was soldiers who were taken, and Israel holds Lebanese prisoners. What else were they to do.
Well heres the Lebanese prisoner Hezb is most eager to free in a prisoner swap.
Haaretz:
"Hezbollah official: We won't free soldiers unless Kuntar released
By Jack Khoury
Hezbollah will not release the two Israel Defense Forces soldiers it is holding unless Israel frees a Lebanese terrorist jailed for the 1979 murders of four people in Nahariya, a senior official of the group said Friday.
In an interview to the Nazareth-based newspaper A-Sinara published Friday, Mahmoud Kamati said that if a prisoner exchange was to be carried in stages, Israel had to ensure that Samir Kuntar was freed in the first stage, as his release had been one of the aims of the abduction of soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.
Kuntar led the group of terrorists who broke into a Nahariya apartment and took hostage Danny Haran, 28, and his four-year-old daughter, Einat. The two were later killed by the terrorists.
A policeman was also killed in the attack, and Haran's two-year-old daughter was accidentally smothered by her mother who held a hand across her mouth so that she would not give them away as they hid from the terrorists.
Goldwasser and Regev were kidnapped in a cross-border raid by Hezbollah guerrillas on July 12, sparking the 34-day conflict with Israel. Three other soldiers were killed in the attack, and five more died in an initial rescue operation.
Kamati also said that the soldiers would not be released with negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah. He added that although United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan had expressed support for indirect negotiations between the sides, Hezbollah had yet to receive a formal approach from the UN. "
Israels attacks were in response to the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers. But that kidnapping was a legitimate act of war, it was soldiers who were taken, and Israel holds Lebanese prisoners. What else were they to do.
Well heres the Lebanese prisoner Hezb is most eager to free in a prisoner swap.
Haaretz:
"Hezbollah official: We won't free soldiers unless Kuntar released
By Jack Khoury
Hezbollah will not release the two Israel Defense Forces soldiers it is holding unless Israel frees a Lebanese terrorist jailed for the 1979 murders of four people in Nahariya, a senior official of the group said Friday.
In an interview to the Nazareth-based newspaper A-Sinara published Friday, Mahmoud Kamati said that if a prisoner exchange was to be carried in stages, Israel had to ensure that Samir Kuntar was freed in the first stage, as his release had been one of the aims of the abduction of soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.
Kuntar led the group of terrorists who broke into a Nahariya apartment and took hostage Danny Haran, 28, and his four-year-old daughter, Einat. The two were later killed by the terrorists.
A policeman was also killed in the attack, and Haran's two-year-old daughter was accidentally smothered by her mother who held a hand across her mouth so that she would not give them away as they hid from the terrorists.
Goldwasser and Regev were kidnapped in a cross-border raid by Hezbollah guerrillas on July 12, sparking the 34-day conflict with Israel. Three other soldiers were killed in the attack, and five more died in an initial rescue operation.
Kamati also said that the soldiers would not be released with negotiations between Israel and Hezbollah. He added that although United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan had expressed support for indirect negotiations between the sides, Hezbollah had yet to receive a formal approach from the UN. "
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