In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli soldier”. Today it says “israeli soldier captured by hezbollah fighters along with ehud goldwasser on 12 july 2006 in israel near the le”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Israeli soldier whose capture sparked the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict For the Israeli Government spokesman, see Mark Regev . Eldad Regev ( Hebrew : אלדד רגב ; 16 August 1980 – 12 July 2006) was an Israeli soldier captured by Hezbollah fighters along with Ehud Goldwasser on 12 July 2006 in Israel near the Lebanese border, sparking the 2006 Lebanon War . His rank was Sergeant First Class. The United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 from August 12, 2006, among other things, called for the unconditional release of the abducted soldiers. On 16 July 2008, coffins containing the remains of Goldwasser and Regev were returned to Israel as part of a prisoner exchange . Israeli officials claimed an examination of the bodies determined that the two reservists were killed during the ambush. A Lebanese minister claimed the soldiers were killed during the Israeli bombing.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Eldad Regev ( , August 16, 1980 - circa July 12, 2006) was an Israeli soldier , born in Qiryat Motzkin , captured by Hezbollah members along with Ehud Goldwasser on July 12, 2006, in Israel near the Lebanese border, sparking the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict . His rank was Sergeant First Class. On 15 July 2008, coffins containing the remains of Goldwasser and Regev were returned to Israel as part of a prisoner exchange. An examination of the bodies determined that the two reservists were killed during the ambush.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Eldad Regev ( , 16 August 1980 – 12 July 2006) was an Israeli soldier, born in Qiryat Motzkin , abducted by Hezbollah fighters along with Ehud Goldwasser on 12 July 2006 in Israel near the Lebanese border, sparking the 2006 Lebanon War . His rank was Sergeant First Class. On 15 July 2008, coffins containing the remains of Goldwasser and Regev were returned to Israel as part of a prisoner exchange. Israeli officials claimed an examination of the bodies determined that the two reservists were killed during the ambush. A Lebanese minister claimed the soldiers were killed during the Israeli bombing.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Eldad Regev ( , 16 August 1980 – 12 July 2006) was an Israeli soldier abducted by Hezbollah fighters along with Ehud Goldwasser on 12 July 2006 in Israel near the Lebanese border, sparking the 2006 Lebanon War . His rank was Sergeant First Class. On 15 July 2008, coffins containing the remains of Goldwasser and Regev were returned to Israel as part of a prisoner exchange. Israeli officials claimed an examination of the bodies determined that the two reservists were killed during the ambush. A Lebanese minister claimed the soldiers were killed during the Israeli bombing.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Israeli soldier whose abduction sparked the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict For the Israeli Government spokesman, see Mark Regev . Eldad Regev ( , 16 August 1980 – 12 July 2006) was an Israeli soldier abducted by Hezbollah fighters along with Ehud Goldwasser on 12 July 2006 in Israel near the Lebanese border, sparking the 2006 Lebanon War . His rank was Sergeant First Class. On 15 July 2008, coffins containing the remains of Goldwasser and Regev were returned to Israel as part of a prisoner exchange. Israeli officials claimed an examination of the bodies determined that the two reservists were killed during the ambush. A Lebanese minister claimed the soldiers were killed during the Israeli bombing.
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israeli soldier
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israeli soldier captured by hezbollah fighters along with ehud goldwasser on 12 july 2006 in israel near the le
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