Israeli MIAs
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Israeli MIA are members of the Israel Defense Forces who are missing in action. Despite efforts to locate them and bring them home, their whereabouts remain unknown. Known Israeli MIA include:
- Zeev Rotshik, who has been missing in action since October 10, 1973.[1]
- A tank crew declared missing after the Battle of Sultan Yacoub in Lebanon on June 12, 1982: Zechariah Baumel,[1][2] Tzvi Feldman[1] and Yehuda Katz.[3][1]
- Ron Arad, an IDF F-4 Phantom II navigator, was lost over Lebanon on October 16, 1986.[1]
- Guy Hever disappeared on duty in the Golan Heights on August 17, 1997.[1]
- Majdi Halabi disappeared on duty near Haifa on May 24, 2005.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g Kaplan, Danny. "Commemorating a Suspended Death: Missing Soldiers and National Solidarity in Israel" (PDF). American Ethnologist Volume 35, Number 3 (August 2008). ISSN 0094-0496. http://www.dannykaplan.org/articles/SuspendedDeathCirculatePrePublication.pdf. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ^ Father of soldier missing in Lebanon dies at 82, Haaretz
- ^ http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=106_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ089.106.pdf
[edit] External links
- $10 million reward for information about Feldman, Katz, Arad, Hever, Halaby
