A resident of the village of Maidan in southeastern Lebanon was one of the members of the Hezbollah squad that abducted the two reservists in July 2008. • The attack led to the Second Lebanon War
Mahmoud Melchem
Hezbollah announced today (Tuesday) that Mahmoud Melchem, one of the kidnappers of the late Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, died from a complication of the corona virus. Melchem was a resident of the village of Maidan in southeastern Lebanon.
As mentioned, the Second Lebanon War began in 2006 following the abduction of the late Goldwasser and Regev on July 12 of that year.
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In this war, 121 soldiers were killed, including the late Goldwasser and Regev, as well as 44 civilians. On the Hezbollah side, 8,000 terrorists were killed, including 700 regular fighters.
The village of Maidan has been considered a center of Hezbollah activity since 1986.
Two years later, between May 2 and 4, 1988, IDF forces acted against Hezbollah base in Maidon, across the security zone in southern Lebanon.
Its purpose was to harm the organization's activities, to harm terrorists and to destroy a terrorist infrastructure. The operation was successful, in which all Hezbollah positions were destroyed and 50 terrorists were eliminated.
