43 Years Later:
Tzvi Feldman laid to rest
After more than four decades missing in action, Staff Sergeant Tzvi Feldman, killed in the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yaqub, was finally laid to rest in Israel today.
After more than four decades missing in action, Staff Sergeant Tzvi Feldman, killed in the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yaqub, was finally laid to rest in Israel today.

Several bodies were exhumed during the operation. Foreign media reports that Israel is checking whether one of them might be that of 'our man in Damascus.'

PM says at weekly Cabinet meeting that Israel has worked for many years to bring back all of the missing soldiers who were killed in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub 43 years ago.

PM announces recovery from Syria of the body of soldier who was killed in Lebanon in 1982 for burial in Israel in a joint operation of the Mossad and the IDF.

In July, Yamina chairman gave PMO document reportedly from Yasser Arafat detailing burial location of soldiers who fell at Sultan Yacuub.

Tank was captured during 1982 First Lebanon War along with three Israeli soldiers whose fates are unknown.

Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Naveh warns: Syria’s arsenal of chemical weapons may fall into the rebels’ hands, Israel needs to prepare.
