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15 October 2000

✸Capture of Israeli colonel Elhanan Tannenbaum

Beirut & suburbs#Israel–Lebanon#Prisoners & exchanges with Israel
AttackerHezbollah➜TargetIsrael / IDF

On 15 October 2000 Hezbollah announced the capture of the Israeli reserve colonel Elhanan Tannenbaum, who had been lured to Beirut; he was released in the 2004 exchange.

Israel's cabinet approves the German-mediated exchange with Hezbollah ▼

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