Red Cross representatives said today that an Israeli farmer kidnapped by Arab guerrillas nearly a month ago is being held captive in Jordan and was in satisfactory condition. The representatives confirmed reports that 54 year-old Shmuel Rosenwasser of Metullah was visited by a Red Cross emissary. But they wouldn’t say whether the visit was arranged through the Palestinian Red Crescent, an organization set up by El Fatah not recognized by the International Red Cross. Israel is demanding Rosenwasser’s return from Lebanon and refuses to deal with El Fatah. Rosenwasser was seized and dragged across the Lebanese border while on night guard duty at Metullah in northern Israel. Lebanese authorities denied that he was in Lebanon and until the Red Cross visit he was believed being held in Syria. Israel nevertheless holds Lebanon responsible. It has offered to return a group of Lebanese soldiers and civilians captured by an Israeli raiding force in exchange for Rosenwasser.
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