The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) announced here that its representatives in Syria visited the three Israeli soldiers captured during the war in Lebanon on June 18. The previous visit was on April 19. According to the ICRC, their representatives brought the soldiers letters from their families and took back letters to be transmitted to the families. They were not accompanied by a doctor and this indicates that they are in good health.
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