[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 116 (Thursday, July 19, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1561]
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                       FREE THE ISRAELI SOLDIERS

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                               speech of

                         HON. HOWARD L. BERMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 12, 2007

  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, today marks the one year anniversary of the 
kidnapping of Israeli soldiers Eldad Regev and Udi Goldwasser by 
Hezbollah, in a brazen and unprovoked cross-border attack that also 
resulted in the deaths of three other members of the Israel Defense 
Forces.
  Only weeks earlier, Hamas abducted another Israeli soldier, Gilad 
Shalit, and killed two others in an attack carried out on Israeli 
territory adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
  These three brave soldiers--kidnapped by terrorists while conducting 
routine duties inside Israel--have endured over a year of captivity.
  They have endured a year without proper medical care.
  They have endured a year without their loved ones.
  I rise today to let the Shalit, Goldwasser and Regev families know 
that we stand with them in this very difficult time, and that we are 
all praying for the safe and timely release of their courageous sons.

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