Hezbollah releases new video of 2006 abduction of IDF soldiers
Fifteen years after the abduction of IDF soldiers Sgt. Eldad Regev and Sgt. Ehud Goldwasser, Hezbollah releases new footage from the attack.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFVideo from Hezbollah allegedly showing the kidnapping of two IDF soldiers in Second Lebanon War (Credit: Al-Manar TV)
Hezbollah released a new video of the 2006 attack and abduction of IDF soldiers Sgt. Eldad Regev and Sgt. Ehud Goldwasser. Footage shows the Hezbollah assault and consequent maneuvers toward the vehicle containing the soldiers, and then their seizing of the men and withdrawing from the site. This video was released to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the incident that sparked the Second Lebanon War in 2006. It was posted by the Lebanese channel which is owned and operated by Hezbollah. In the video, Hezbollah terrorists are seen crossing into Israel from Lebanon and then firing at an IDF Humvee. The terrorists then run toward the vehicle, removing the bodies of IDF soldiers and carrying them back over the Lebanese border. Seconds later, another terrorist is seen running away from the Humvee carrying an additional body, seconds before an explosion.The bodies of both of the soldiers have been censored in the video.At least part of the footage which Hezbollah called new on Monday was released in 2018 on a Hezbollah-affiliated Twitter account. Some footage of the kidnapping was also published in a three-part series broadcast by Al-Mayadeen. It seems that the footage released on Monday shows more of the moments leading up to and after the kidnapping, which were previously not released.The ambush occurred on the morning of July 12, 2016, as two Hummer vehicles were attacked while on patrol along the Israeli-Lebanese border. The bodies of Goldwasser and Eldad were returned to Israel as part of a deal with Hezbollah in 2008. in 2016, Lebanese TV station Al Mayadeen, a pro-Hezbollah channel broadcast a documentary series called "2006" on the Second Lebanon War that introduced a Lebanese account of the abduction.The initial episode of the three-part series included a conversation about the plans for the kidnapping, and an interview with the only survivor of the attack, Tomer Weinberg.