Israel mourns two soldiers at funerals
Thousands of Israelis prayed and cried at funerals for two soldiers whose return from Lebanon in black coffins touched off a nationwide wave of anguish.
Across the border in Lebanon, a second day of celebrations marked the return of five militants freed by Israel in exchange for the bodies of soldiers Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev. The five, including Samir Kuntar, convicted of a 1979 triple murder, prayed at the grave of a slain Hezbollah military commander and vowed to keep fighting Israel.
Goldwasser and Regev were captured two years ago in a cross-border raid by Hezbollah fighters.
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