Twenty-six severely wounded Egyptian prisoners of war were repatriated today in two Italian aircraft. The prisoners said they had been well treated during their stay in Israeli hospitals.
The International Red Cross informed Israel today that the Egyptian authorities had given him the name of only one wounded Israeli whom they had captured He is Johanan Etkes.
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