Israel rejects claim it killed own soldiers in 2006

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"Israel on Wednesday firmly rejected a Lebanese minister's assertion that two Israeli soldiers, whose capture by Hezbollah sparked a 2006 war, died in an Israeli raid on Lebanon.

"The remarks made by the representative of the Hezbollah, a recognised terror organisation, are blatant fabrications and part of a psychological warfare attempt," the Israeli military said in a statement.

"Hezbollah is responsible for the kidnapping of the IDF soldiers and, as such, is responsible for the tragic results leading to their deaths," it said, referring to the Israel Defence Forces.

In excerpts of his memoirs of the 2006 war, Lebanese Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil -- a member of the Hezbollah-allied Shiite Amal movement -- said an Israeli air strike had killed Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.

Khalil quoted a top aide to Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah as saying: "It's ironic ... that Israel should kill the two soldiers it launched a war over," in the excerpts published by Lebanese daily As-Safir."

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