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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 month-long 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. | 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. | Mr Regev is to be buried later on Thursday in the military section of the cemetery in Haifa. |
| Fatal wounds | 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 Samir Qantar. | |
| Soldiers wearing purple berets carried Mr Goldwasser's coffin with the Israeli flag stretched across it. | 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. | 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. | Mr Regev was also wounded by the grenade blast, before being shot in the head, the newspaper said. |
| Meanwhile, the remains of the returned Lebanese and Palestinian fighters have been carried to Lebanon's capital Beirut in a triumphal cortege. | |
| On Wednesday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah personally welcomed home the five militants freed by Israel. | |
| At a huge rally in Beirut, Sheikh Nasrallah said the "age of defeats" was over. | |
| The BBC's Crispin Thorold in Beirut says the exchange is being treated as a triumph by supporters and opponents of Hezbollah alike. |