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| By: Israel Insider staff and partners |
| Published: February 14, 2007 |
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Pope Benedict XVI promised Wednesday to continue efforts to obtain information on and secure the release of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, the Israeli soldiers kidnapped to Lebanon last summer.
The Regev and Goldwasser families met with the pope during a two-day visit to Italy and the Vatican as part of a campaign to enlist foreign help, said Oded Ben-Hur, Israel's ambassador to the Holy See.
The families were also slated to meet with top Italian officials later Wednesday, including Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema.
"We were surprised by the warm reception we received," Karnit Goldwasser said. "Tens of thousands of people participate in the mass, and there's a long line for 8,000 seats. Because ours was a humanitarian mission, they gave us special seats, separate from the rest."
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