Israeli MIAs

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Several hundred members of the Israeli military have been declared Missing In Action (MIA) since 1948.

The following are the most famous MIAs:

• Tank crewmembers declared missing after the Battle of Sultan Yakoub in Lebanon, June 12, 1982:
  • Zachary Baumel
  • Tzvi Feldman
  • Yehuda Katz

• F-4 navigator lost over Lebanon on October 16, 1986:
  • Ron Arad

• IDF conscript who disappeared on duty in the Golan Heights, 1997:
  • Guy Hever

• One IDF soldier kidnapped in a cross-border raid near Kerem Shalom, conducted by several Palestinian organizations (including Hamas)
  • Gilad Shalit

• Two IDF soldiers, who were captured by Hezbollah near Zar'it, triggering the 2006 Lebanon-Israel conflict:
  • Ehud Goldwasser (captured 12 July 2006)
  • Eldad Regev (captured 12 July 2006)

[edit] External links

• $10 million reward for information about Feldman, Katz, Arad, Hever
• Banim.org: Official site about the 2006 MIAs (Shalit, Goldwasser, Regev)