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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Sultan Yacoub

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)
February 6, 2021, 6:24 pm
Russian forces search for Israeli soldiers’ remains near Damascus — report
Authorities declare cemetery near Palestinian refugee camp a closed military zone, according to unverified report in Syrian media
By Emanuel Fabian
Former defense minister Avigdor Liberman (center) in September, 2019 with flag-draped coffins that forensic tests subsequently showed were not missing IDF soldiers. (Channel 12, screenshot)
April 7, 2019, 12:45 pm
Bodies mistakenly thought to have been IDF soldiers flown to Israel last year
TV report reveals new details of Israeli-Russian operation that eventually led to last week’s repatriation of Zachary Baumel’s remains
By ToI Staff
Zachary Baumel. (JTA/Courtesy Miriam Baumel)
April 4, 2019, 3:59 pm
Inside the 37-year search for IDF soldier Zachary Baumel
Vast amount of piecemeal data eventually led army’s missing persons unit to specific location, where it directed the Russian military; efforts to find 2 more servicemen ongoing
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow on April 4, 2019. (Koby Gideon/GPO)
April 4, 2019, 3:58 pm
Russia searching for remains of 2 more missing IDF soldiers — senior official
Moscow presents Israel with Baumel’s jumpsuit, boots, in flag-covered coffin; Netanyahu heads back to Israel after meeting with Putin
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
Prichya Heyman, whose brother, IDF soldier Yehuda Katz, has been missing since 1982 (screen capture: Channel 12)
April 3, 2019, 10:01 pm
As body of soldier returned, family of missing comrade holds out hope
Hours after body of Zachary Baumel repatriated to Israel, sister of Yehuda Katz says they continue to wait for soldier who went missing during same 1982 battle
By ToI Staff
Miriam and Yoni Baumel in 2003 holding a picture of their son Zachary, who had been missing in action since 1982. (Flash90)
April 3, 2019, 6:03 pm
Body of soldier Zachary Baumel, missing since 1982 Lebanon War, brought home
US-born tank commander was one of 3 troops missing since Battle of Sultan Yacoub against Syrian forces; Russia believed central to secret operation that found and returned remains
By Judah Ari Gross
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends an official ceremony to receive an IDF tank captured during the First Lebanon War, in Moscow on June 8, 2016. (GPO)
June 17, 2016, 7:16 pm
Experts: Tank returned by Russia was not the one used by missing soldiers
Families of MIAs Zvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz and Zachary Baumel furious at Netanyahu’s ‘spin,’ say PM knew all along
By ToI Staff
Israeli tank from the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub in the First Lebanon War seen on display at a Moscow museum. (Courtesy GPO)
June 16, 2016, 3:20 am
IDF tank held by Russia since 1982 returns to Israel
Vehicle seized by Syria during battle of Sultan Yacoub lands at Ben-Gurion Airport, in gesture by Putin to Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends an official ceremony to receive an IDF tank captured during the First Lebanon War, in Moscow on June 8, 2016. (GPO)
June 8, 2016, 7:53 pm
In Russia, PM receives IDF tank captured in 1982 war
Netanyahu thanks Putin for ‘touching humanitarian gesture,’ says vehicle’s return to Israel will comfort families of missing soldiers
By ToI Staff
The prime minister's plane touches down in Moscow on June 6, 2016. (Raphael Ahren/Times of Israel)
June 7, 2016, 12:17 am
Pomp, fanfare and rain welcome Netanyahu in Moscow
In fourth parley in a year, PM and Putin will discuss Syria, celebrate 25 years of bilateral ties
By Raphael Ahren
Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) hold a joint press conference after their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, November 20, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
June 6, 2016, 6:24 am
Netanyahu heads to Moscow for fourth Putin parley in a year
PM and Russian president to discuss security cooperation in Syria, mark 25 years since establishment of bilateral ties
By Raphael Ahren
Israeli tank from the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub in the First Lebanon War seen on display at a Moscow museum. (Courtesy GPO)
May 29, 2016, 6:59 pm
Putin agrees to return Israeli tank captured in Lebanon War
Russia to deliver Magach-3 tank, seized along with 3 IDF soldiers during bloody 1982 Battle of Sultan Yacoub
By Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff
Education Minister Naftali Bennett in Jerusalem on May 29, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2016, 1:53 pm
Zionist Union plummets, Likud stays on top in Knesset poll
Yesh Atid would jump to second-largest party and Jewish Home leap to 14 seats were elections held today, survey finds
By Raoul Wootliff and Joshua Davidovich
A street corner in the majority Alawite city of Latakia (photo credit: CC BY-Yazan Badran/Flickr)
July 24, 2013, 7:07 pm
Assad asked Liberman not to oppose Alawite state
Syrian president worried Israel might be troubled by movement of thousands of Sunnis to Syrian Golan, according to the Guardian
By Lazar Berman
Ben Zygier in IDF uniform (YouTube screenshot)
May 7, 2013, 11:49 pm
Families of missing soldiers lash state, not Zygier
Relatives of MIAs say government is at fault for not returning their loved ones, not wayward spy who killed himself in prison
By Stuart Winer
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