Red Cross representatives in Damascus who visited Israeli prisoners of war in Syrian camps and hospitals have reported that their condition is satisfactory, it was learned here today. Meanwhile the first letters from POWs to their families were being distributed today by the army’s manpower division. The letters were handed over in Beirut yesterday to Michele Convers, the IRC representative in Tel Aviv, who brought them to the manpower division.
Meanwhile, Israel has asked Syria, through the Red Cross, to locate and deliver the remains of 18 Israeli soldiers whose names were not on the POW list provided last week and are presumed dead. It is believed that some of them may have died in POW camps or hospitals but others are believed to have been murdered by the Syrians when they were captured. Some of the missing men are said to be flyers who were seen bailing out when their planes were hit. They are believed to have been murdered by the enemy when they touched the ground.
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