Russia searches for remains of 2 Israelis in Syria from 1982
Israeli troops seen in Lebanon during the 1982 Lebanon War [Michael Zarfati / IDF Spokesperson s Unit / Wikimedia] February 7, 2021 at 1:48 pm
The Russian army conducted searches in a cemetery near the Yarmouk camp for Palestinian refugees in Syria, in an attempt to find the remains of two Israeli soldiers who went missing 39 years ago during the first Lebanon war,
The Times of Israel reported.
The Hebrew daily, citing Syrian media reports, named the two soldiers as Tzvi Feldman and Yehuda Katzwent. They went missing during the battle of Sultan Yacoub in 1982, along with Zachary Baumel, whose remains were recovered and returned to Israel in 2019.
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illustrative: A member of the Russian military police patrols near the village of Tal Krum in the Syrian Golan Heights, on August 14, 2018.(AFP PHOTO / Andrey BORODULIN)
The Russian military began searches in a cemetery near a Palestinian refugee camp outside Damascus, in attempts to locate remains of two Israeli soldiers missing since 1982, Syrian media reported this week.
The Yarmouk refugee camp, home to one of the largest Palestinian refugee communities in Syria and the site of the remains of Baumel, was once again being searched for remains by the Russian military, the Syrian Capital Voice site reported Thursday. The unverified report said the search would include DNA testing.