Minister Ze'ev Elkin was asked Thursday morning by Israeli public radio about Russia's connection to the return of soldier Zacharia Baumel's body, almost 37 years after he went missing in the Battle of Sultan Yaqub in the Shalom Hagalil (Peace of the Galilee) campaign.
Elkin said, "Let's all wait for the end of the prime minister's visit [to Moscow] and then it will be possible to talk about it more freely. There is no doubt that this is an operation that combines both political and [military] operational activity.