UPDATE — Israel: Hezbollah Plans to Move Abducted IDF Soldiers to Iran
Halutz: Kidnapped Soldiers are Alive
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IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz confirmed Thursday that the soldiers who had been kidnapped by Hizbullah a day before were still alive.
The IDF released the names of the two soldiers on Thursday. According to the IDF Spokesperson, the two reserve are Ehud Goldwasser, 31, from Nahariya, and Eldad Regev, 26, from Kiryat Motzkin.
The focus of the operation in Lebanon would be to restore Israel’s deterrent capability against those in Lebanon, referring to Hizbullah, who thought the IDF was irrelevant, he explained.
He also revealed that OC Northern Command Maj.-Gen. Udi Adam had set up an investigative committee into Wednesday’s kidnapping, which would be headed by a major general.
For further background, click IDF Releases Names of Two Reserve Soldiers Kidnapped by Hezbollah