Ehud Goldwasser

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Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser
Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser

Ehud (Udi) Goldwasser (Ehud Ben Malka Goldwasser) (Hebrew: אהוד גולדווסר‎; born 18 July 1975) is an Israeli soldier who was captured in Israel by Hezbollah along with Eldad Regev on 12 July 2006, sparking the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. [1] His rank is Master Sergeant. [2]

On 11 October 2006, Shlomo Goldwasser, father of the captured soldier, said that although the kidnapped soldiers issue "went down from the public's agenda, those who are tasked with releasing the soldiers are working day and night to find a solution."[1]

Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary General of Hezbollah, stated on 31 October 2006 that indirect talks with Israel on hostage return had begun.[2]

Hezbollah has refused to state whether Eldad and Ehud are alive. The Israeli government has started to have doubts that the soldiers are still alive. On December 6, 2006, a previously classified report stated that the two soldiers were critically wounded during the abduction.[3], [4],[5],[6]

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[edit] Biography

Posters about the missing soldiers still seen all over Israel in late 2007.
Posters about the missing soldiers still seen all over Israel in late 2007.

Prior to his capture at Israel's border with Lebanon, Ehud Goldwasser (Udi, as he liked to be called) lived in Nahariya. He worked at Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology, from which he earned a degree in environmental engineering studies.[3] As a teenager, Udi lived in South Africa with his parents, Shlomo and Mickey, and two younger brothers. He is married to Karnit.

[edit] The raid

Main article: Zar'it-Shtula incident

According to the United Nations, the fighting began at around 9 AM when Hezbollah launched rockets on Israeli military positions along the Lebanese border, apparently as a diversion.[4] A force then attacked two armored IDF Humvees patrolling the border near the Israeli village of Zar'it with anti-tank rockets, and captured the two soldiers.

An Israeli Merkava Mk. II tank was damaged by a 200 kg improvised explosive device, while attempting to give pursuit, killing all four crewmembers.[5]

"Fulfilling its pledge to liberate the Arab prisoners and detainees, the Islamic Resistance ... captured two Israeli soldiers (Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev) at the border with occupied Palestine," Hezbollah said in a statement on 14 July 2006.[6]


[edit] Aerosmith Dedication

On September 19, 2006 Rock band Aerosmith dedicated their hit song Dream On to Ehud Goldwasser at the request of Goldwasser's wife.[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ >Chason, Miri. "Kites for soldiers, protests for Olmert", Ynet, 2006-10-11. 
  2. ^ "Hezbollah confirms Israel talks", BBC News, 1 November 2006
  3. ^ "List of environmental engineering graduates", Technion, 2006-07-13. 
  4. ^ S/2006/560 of 21 July 2006
  5. ^ "IDF releases names of two reserve soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah", Haaretz, 2006-07-13. 
  6. ^ "IDF retrieves bodies of four tank soldiers killed in south Lebanon", Haaretz, 2006-07-14. Retrieved on 2006-07-16. 
  7. ^ "Aerosmith lines up behind abducted IDF soldiers", Israel21c, 19 September 2006

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