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Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser (Ehud Ben Malka
Goldwasser) (Hebrew: אהוד גולדווסר; 18 July 1975 - circa July 12,
2006) was an Israeli soldier
who was captured in Israel by Hezbollah along with Eldad Regev on 12 July 2006, sparking the
2006
Israel-Lebanon conflict.
On July 16, 2008, the bodies of Goldwasser and Regev were
returned to Israel in an Israeli-Hezbollah prisoner swap. An
examination of the bodies determined that the two reservists were
probably killed during the initial attack.[1]
Biography
Prior to his capture at Israel's border with Lebanon, Ehud "Udi"
Goldwasser lived in Nahariya. He worked at Technion, the Israeli Institute of
Technology, from which he earned a degree in aerospace engineering
studies.[2] As a
teenager, Udi lived in South Africa with his parents, Shlomo and
Mickey, and two younger brothers. He was married to Karnit. Udi was
interested in environmental conservation, motorcycles, sailing and
photography.[3]
Raid
According to the United Nations, the fighting began at
around 9 AM when Hezbollah launched rockets on
Israeli military positions along the Lebanese border, apparently as
a diversion.[4] 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.[5]
Prisoner
swap
On July 16, 2008, Hezbollah transferred the coffins of Ehud
Goldwasser and Eldad
Regev,[6] in
exchange for Lebanese
militant Samir
Kuntar and four other Hezbollah fighters captured by Israel
during the 2006 Lebanon War, as well as the
remains of 199 Lebanese and Palestinian militants.[7][8]
The exchange took place on the Lebanese side of the border at
Rosh Hanikra. Their bodies were returned as part of a prisoner
exchange between Israel and Hezbollah in which the latter would
receive the bodies of 199 Hezbollah members as well as 5 prisoners
including Samir Kuntar.. Their Hezbollah captors had withheld any
information about the conditions of the two soldiers since they
were captured on July 12, 2006.
Aerosmith
dedication
On September 19, 2006, rock band Aerosmith dedicated their hit song Dream On to Ehud Goldwasser
at the request of Goldwasser's wife.[9]
See also
References
- ^ Still Not Clear When and Where
Goldwasser and Regev Died IsraelNationalNews.com September 7,
2008
- ^
"List of environmental
engineering graduates". Technion. 2006-07-13. http://sviva.technion.ac.il/index.php?page=28&menu=2.
- ^
"Remains of abducted soldiers
Goldwasser and Regev returned home". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2006-07-16. http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Terrorism-+Obstacle+to+Peace/Terrorism+from+Lebanon-+Hizbullah/Bodies+of+abducted+soldiers+Goldwasser+and+Regev+returned+home+16-Jul-2008.htm.
- ^
S/2006/560 of 21 July
2006
- ^
"IDF releases names of two
reserve soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah". Haaretz. 2006-07-13. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738310.html.
- ^
"UN identifying bodies
presumed to be of Goldwasser, Regev". The Jerusalem
Post. 2008-07-16. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1215330982807&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull.
- ^
"Coffins said to hold bodies
of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev taken to Israel-Lebanon
border". Haaretz. 2008-07-16. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1002425.html.
- ^
Myra Noveck; Graham Bowley
(2008-07-18). "Funerals in Israel for Two
Soldiers". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/world/middleeast/18israel.html?ref=middleeast. Retrieved
2008-07-18.
- ^
"Aerosmith lines up behind
abducted IDF soldiers", Israel21c, 19 September
2006
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