IDF rabbi considers declaring Goldwasser, Regev 'killed in action'

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Military rabbi receives relevant intelligence information, to determine whether or not do declare captive soldiers as 'killed in action and whose place of burial is unknown'

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3559424,00.html

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"IDF Chief Rabbi, Brigadier General Avi Ronsky began the process of assessing the fate of captive IDF soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.

Ronsky received the relevant intelligence information and will determine whether or not do declare the two soldiers as "killed in action and whose place of burial is unknown". The chief military is the only one authorized to make such an assertion.

Regev and Goldwasser were captured by Hizbullah gunmen during a cross border raid on July 12, 2006.

Declaring the captive soldiers as "killed in action" would greatly affect the burgeoning prisoner exchange deal with Hizbullah, as the price paid for the return of the soldiers' bodies is usually significantly lower in such agreements.

As reported by Ynet, Hizbullah has returned to its initial demand that Israel release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Regev and Goldwasser. One of the options raised by Israel's security establishment is to declare the captive soldiers dead in an attempt to reduce the Shiite group's demands."