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Family members and mourners attend the funeral of IDF soldier Yehuda Katz (inset), whose body was returned from Lebanon this week, 44 years after he went missing in battle, at the Mount of Olives cemetery in Jerusalem, August 21, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 21, 2026, 5:11 pm
Yehuda Katz buried on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives, 44 years after falling in Lebanon battle
Funeral held days after soldier’s remains were located and brought back to Israel; rabbi and tank commander say Katz showed that IDF service and Torah aren’t incompatible
By ToI Staff
From left: Zachary Baumel, Yehuda Katz and Zvi Feldman (Courtesy)
August 19, 2026, 4:02 pm
Yehuda Katz’s return closes painful Sultan Yacoub saga, but Lebanon mire endures
Return of remains of last missing soldier from disastrous 1982 battle closes 44-year chapter, as Israel again confronts risks of a prolonged military presence in its northern neighbor
By Nava Freiberg
IDF Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 18, 2026, 9:36 pm
Remains of Yehuda Katz, IDF soldier who went missing in 1982 battle, returned to Israel
Bones belonging to Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz are located in special operation led by military intelligence, Mossad; army doesn’t say where remains were located
By Emanuel Fabian
IDF Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz. (Israel Defense Forces)
August 18, 2026, 11:45 am
IDF finds possible belongings of soldier missing since 1982 Syria battle
Findings from Sgt. First Class Yehuda Katz, located in special operation, are being inspected by his family
By Emanuel Fabian
Sgt. First Class Zvi Feldman (Courtesy)
May 11, 2025, 11:14 am
Body of soldier Zvi Feldman, missing for 43 years, recovered from Syria by Mossad, IDF
Remains found in ‘heart of Syria,’ in ‘covert, complex’ operation by non-Israeli agents working for Mossad; officials vow to return 3rd missing soldier from 1982 battle of Sultan Yacoub
By Emanuel Fabian
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
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