An Israeli soldier severely wounded when he was captured in an Egyptian commando raid across the Suez Canal in May, 1970, was returned to Israel today under Red Cross auspices to undergo medical treatment. Reports said Sgt. Yair Dori’s right arm had been amputated at the elbow, there were wound scars all over his body and the sight of one of his eyes was seriously impaired. A hospital bulletin on his condition will be published later. Dori had been hospitalized in Egypt and underwent several operations. He was released in exchange for an Egyptian Shadwan Island in the Gulf of Suez in January, 1970. The Egyptian was reported to be fully recovered. Chief of Staff Gen. Haim Bar Lev was on hand at the Ismailia exchange point when the exchange was effected to welcome Dori. The soldier was flown by helicopter to a hospital. He was the first Israeli prisoner-of-war to be repatriated in many months. Egyptian authorities had consistently rejected Israeli demands to return at least the injured POWS.
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