Lebanese minister: Israel bombing killed Goldwasser, Regev

Two Israeli soldiers whose capture by Hezbollah in 2006 sparked a 34-day war and whose bodies were returned to Israel two years later were killed by Israeli bombardment, a Lebanese minister said on Wednesday.

Hezbollah handed over the bodies of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev in a prisoner exchange but never said how they died. Israeli officials said they were badly wounded when they were captured by the Shi'ite militant group in a cross-border raid. (Reuters)