Saturday, July 22, 2006

The first reports from Lebanon

... mentioned that the two Israeli soldiers had been captured on Lebanese territory.
All the later reports said they were kidnapped on Israeli territory.

Wonder why the story changed, the first story was quite detailled.

The Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement announced on Wednesday that its guerrillas have captured two Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.

"Implementing our promise to free Arab prisoners in Israeli jails, our strugglers have captured two Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon," a statement by Hezbollah said.

"The two soldiers have already been moved to a safe place," it added.

The Lebanese police said that the two soldiers were captured as they "infiltrated" into the town of Aitaa al-Chaab inside the Lebanese border.

Israeli aircraft were active in the air over southern Lebanon, the police said, with jets bombing roads leading to the market town of Nabatiyeh, 60 kms south of Beirut.

Lebanese security sources said the planes were bombarding roads, which might be used by Hezbollah guerrillas.

There was no immediate confirmation of the Hezbollah claims from any official Israeli source. An Israeli army spokeswoman, however, said there was "concern" over the fate of the two soldiers.

Israeli reports also say four people were wounded by projectiles fired from Lebanon.

In Beirut's southern suburbs, Hezbollah followers were on the streets celebrating the news of the two soldiers' capture, chanting "God is great ... our prisoners will be out soon."

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