Ehud Goldwasser

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Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser and Eldad Regev are Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah on July 12, 2006, sparking the Israel-Hezbollah-Lebanon conflict.

Biography

Ehud, 31, lives in Nahariya. He works in the Technion of Israel, where he has graduated environmental engineering studies .

The Raid

According to Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the fighting began at around 8 AM when Hezbollah launched a barrage of Katyusha rockets and mortars on Israeli towns and military positions along the Lebanese border, apparently as a diversion. A force then attacked two armored IDF Humvees patrolling the border near the Israeli village of Zar'it with anti-tank rockets, and captured the two soldiers.

An Israeli Merkava Mk. II tank was damaged by a 200 kg improvised explosive device, while attempting to give pursuit, killing all four crewmembers and an additional soldier who tried to enter the burning tank.

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