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Israeli colonel involved in controversial Hezbollah prisoner swap passes away at 78

Elhanan Tannenbaum, infamous for his Hezbollah abduction and controversial prisoner swap, passed away at 78.

Freed Israeli captive Elhanan Tannenbaum (C) walks with unidentified German mediators and Hizbollah officials to a waiting German airplane at Beirut airport January 29, 2004.
Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad in captivity after his jet went down in Lebanon in 1986

Ron Arad's daughter: History repeats itself, we were also told 'everyone will come back'

An Israeli air force F-15 fighter jet flies during an exhibition as part of the graduation ceremony of air force pilots at Hatzerim air base in southern Israel

IDF fighter pilots within their rights to protest reform, Ron Arad's widow says

 FREED SOLDIER Gilad Schalit is greeted by then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Tel Nof Airbase on October 18, 2011.

Should Israel's Mossad risk agents to find MIAs? - opinion


14 Days: Royal Meeting

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid meeting Bahrain’s King Hamid bin Issa al-Khalifa at the royal palace in Manama, September 30, 2021.

The Ron Arad saga: National trauma or national obsession?

NATIONAL AFFAIRS: One person’s obsession is another’s badge of honor.

 WORDS OF SUPPORT are written on a large flag depicting then-captive IDF soldier Gilad Schalit and missing soldier Ron Arad, in a protest tent outside of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem, in 2010. The trauma over Arad’s fate will continue to resonate.

Ron Arad operation: Mossad extracted DNA from body in Lebanon - report

An Iranian general was kidnapped and interrogated for information on Ron Arad in Syria, and DNA was tested from Lebanon in operations to locate the long-missing soldier.

Hezbollah fighters put Lebanese and Hezbollah flags at Juroud Arsal, Syria-Lebanon border

If Bennett doesn't tell, Mossad operation will be a failure - analysis

Regardless of what actually happened, if Bennett does not reveal some concrete partial success, Mossad's operation will be recorded in history as a failure.

  Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Knesset plenum in the presence of President Isaac Herzog and Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy on October 4, 2021.

Why wasn't Russia involved in the Mossad Ron Arad operation? - analysis

How come Israel didn't seek Russian involvement with the search for Ron Arad in Syria, since Vladimir Putin helped locate the others?

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.

Is the Ron Arad announcement tied to Iran's hitman in Cyprus? - analysis

Naftali Bennett’s reveal of Mossad op to find Ron Arad may be related to Iran's attempted assassination of an Israeli businessman.

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Ron Arad's fate - editorial

PM Naftali Bennett announced on Monday that the Mossad had embarked on an operation to discover the whereabouts of Ron Arad.

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Mossad abducted an Iranian general during Ron Arad operation - report

London-based Arabic newspaper Rai al-Youm claimed that Mossad abducted an Iranian general in Syria during its operation last month.

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Mossad effort to find new Ron Arad information ends inconclusively

Bennett told the Knesset on Monday he authorized a Mossad operation for the airman, who has been missing since 1986.

Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad in captivity after his jet went down in Lebanon in 1986

34 years after capture, Ron Arad's wife: 'Let's not repeat same mistakes'

In a moving Facebook post, Tami Arad recalled early years of hope and despair waiting for her husband to return home.

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33 years on: Israel remembers Ron Arad

October 16th marked 33 years since Israeli Air Force Navigator Ron Arad was taken captive in Lebanon in 1986 after his plane went down during a bombing mission over southern Lebanon.

Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad in captivity after his jet went down in Lebanon in 1986