Russian officials assured visiting Israeli Trade Minister Natan Sharansky that a tank on display in Moscow did not contain the remains of three Israeli MIAs. Media reports originating from Moscow had suggested that the tank was from the 1982 Lebanon War and held the remains of Zechariah Baumel, Yehuda Katz and Zvi Feldman. According to Israeli officials, the three were taken prisoner during the war and were subsequently declared missing. Their families have since launched an international effort to obtain information regarding their whereabouts.
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