The United Nations report released over the weekend regarding the October 2000 videotape of the abduction of IDF soldiers indicated that the UN is taking responsibility for \"errors in judgement\" in their decision not to release the tape immediately. However, the UN also now admits that a second videotape was made, adding, as they did when news leaked of the first videotape, that it does not shed any light on the case.
Israel has demanded the unedited videotapes, but UN officials have denied requests from high-level officials, including the Prime Minister and Defense Minister. UN officials explained that they were balancing Israel\'s demands and opposing demands from the government of Lebanon. UN stonewalling aside, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said that efforts to bring the soldiers home would continue.
According to the parts of the video released by the UN, the amount of blood seen in the vehicle used for the abduction indicates the three soldiers may have been seriously injured or killed in the October 7, 2000 abduction by Hizbullah, but nothing definitive can be determined.
Israel has demanded the unedited videotapes, but UN officials have denied requests from high-level officials, including the Prime Minister and Defense Minister. UN officials explained that they were balancing Israel\'s demands and opposing demands from the government of Lebanon. UN stonewalling aside, Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said that efforts to bring the soldiers home would continue.
According to the parts of the video released by the UN, the amount of blood seen in the vehicle used for the abduction indicates the three soldiers may have been seriously injured or killed in the October 7, 2000 abduction by Hizbullah, but nothing definitive can be determined.