IDF Releases Names of Two Reserve Soldiers Kidnapped by Hezbollah

The Israel Defense Forces on Thursday released the names of the two soldiers kidnapped a day earlier during assaults by Hezbollah fighters on the Lebanese border.

Ehud Goldwasser

Eldad Regev

The two IDF soldiers were named as Ehud Goldwasser, 31, of Nahariya,
and Eldad Regev, 26, of Kiryat Motzkin. Their medical conditions are unknown.

Eight IDF soldiers were also killed in a series of Hezbollah assaults on the northern border Wednesday. Another five soldiers and five civilians were wounded in the attacks.

Three soldiers were killed during the initial assault, while one soldier was seriously wounded, another lightly wounded and a third suffered a shrapnel scratch. In addition, the assailants kidnapped the two soldiers. According to the IDF, Hezbollah probably had an escape vehicle waiting on the other side of the fence. The entire incident took no more than 10 minutes, and the Israeli soldiers apparently never fired a shot.

According to GOC Northern Command Udi Adam, the IDF had no intelligence warnings of the Hezbollah attack. After Shalit was kidnapped, he said, the army decided to up the alert level in the north for fear of a similar attack, but a few days ago, the alert was lowered again.