BEIRUT: The body of a Lebanese civilian was repatriated from
Israel Wednesday, facilitated by the International Committee of the Red Cross
in Ras Naqoura on the Israeli-Lebanese border.
Juerg Montani, the head of the ICRC delegation in Lebanon, said
that the organisation’s role was “strictly humanitarian and part of our ongoing
work to restore and maintain contact between people detained or separated in
connection with armed conflict and their families.”
"Sometimes this includes the repatriation of mortal remains
to the families, an important step in their process of mourning and closure.
The ICRC is acting in its capacity as a neutral intermediary at the request of
the families and the Israeli and Lebanese authorities and with the full consent
of all parties concerned."
So far in 2011, the ICRC has repatriated four Lebanese civilians
and the remains of five others from Israel to Lebanon.
Thousands of
Lebanese civilians, including many members or relatives of members of the South
Lebanese Army, a militia affiliated with Israel during the Civil War, fled
south across the border in 2000, following the Israeli Army’s withdrawal from
Lebanon.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Nov-16/154287-icrc-repatriates-body-of-lebanese-from-israel.ashx#axzz1dsxPgXvI
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