Editing Hezbollah (section)

==== 2000 Hezbollah cross-border raid ====
{{Main|2000 Hezbollah cross-border raid}}
On 7 October 2000, three Israeli soldiers—Adi Avitan, Staff Sgt. Benyamin Avraham, and Staff Sgt. Omar Sawaidwere—were abducted by Hezbollah while patrolling the [[Blue Line (Lebanon)|border]] between the [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli-occupied]] [[Golan Heights]] and [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/2/Israelis%20Held%20by%20the%20Hizbullah%20-%20Oct%202000-Jan%202004 |title=Israelis Held by the Hizbullah – October 2000 – January 2004 |publisher=[[mfa.gov.il]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421053944/http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2001/2/Israelis%20Held%20by%20the%20Hizbullah%20-%20Oct%202000-Jan%202004 |archive-date=21 April 2013 }}</ref> The soldiers were killed either during the attack or in its immediate aftermath.<ref name="CNN Prisoner Swap">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/29/prisoner.exchange/|title=Israel, Hezbollah swap prisoners|publisher=CNN |date=29 January 2004 |access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref> Israel Defense Minister [[Shaul Mofaz]] said that Hezbollah abducted the soldiers and then killed them.<ref>Stevn, Yoav and Eli Ashkenazi. [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/758645.html "New film leaves parents in the dark on sons' fate during kidnap"]. ''[[Haaretz]]''. 6 September 2006. 28 February 2008.</ref> The bodies of the slain soldiers were exchanged for Lebanese prisoners in 2004.<ref name="CNN Prisoner Swap"/>