Significant progress has been made in negotiations to release kidnapped IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, whose fate is not known, Reuters News Agency reported. Lebanese and Israel officials did not comment on the report, which stated that a German mediator held talks with Hizbullah terrorist leaders in Beirut last week.
Various reports of their fate and of negotiations have been issued in the past, but all of them bore no fruit, and Hizbullah often uses leaked statements as a negotiating ploy. Hizbullah has refused to abide by international law that provides for the Red Cross to establish communication with war prisoners and kidnap victims.
Goldwasser and Regev, both of them reservists, were abducted almost two years ago in a cross-border Hizbullah raid that set off a 34-day war. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised he would not end the battle or agree to a ceasefire before bringing the soldiers back home.
Various reports of their fate and of negotiations have been issued in the past, but all of them bore no fruit, and Hizbullah often uses leaked statements as a negotiating ploy. Hizbullah has refused to abide by international law that provides for the Red Cross to establish communication with war prisoners and kidnap victims.
Goldwasser and Regev, both of them reservists, were abducted almost two years ago in a cross-border Hizbullah raid that set off a 34-day war. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised he would not end the battle or agree to a ceasefire before bringing the soldiers back home.