Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Sgt. First Class Zvi Feldman (Courtesy)
The IDF and Mossad have recovered the body of Sgt. First Class Zvi Feldman, who has been missing since the 1982 First Lebanon War’s battle of Sultan Yacoub, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces.
Feldman went missing along with Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz and Sgt. First Class Zachary Baumel, the latter of whom whose remains were recovered and returned to Israel in 2019.
The battle of Sultan Yacoub, nearly 43 years ago, was a skirmish between the IDF and Syrian army in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley. It claimed the lives of 21 Israeli servicemen, and more than 30 were injured during it.
“For decades, Zvika was missing, and the efforts to locate him, along with the other missing soldiers from that same battle, never ceased for a moment,” Netanyahu says in a statement.
He says Israel will not stop until Katz is also returned.
No further details are provided on the covert operation.
Missing in Action Israel Defense Forces soldiers Zachary Baumel, Zvi Feldman and Yehuda Katz. (The International Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers)
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