To this date Israel has received from the Egyptians only 113 names of prisoners of war in Egypt. These include the Israeli liaison officers captured at the UN observation posts, prisoners taken at the jetty fortification under auspices of the Red Cross and those who were televised in hospitals. Fifteen of the names given were unidentified and the Red Cross was requested to identify these names.
Israel now has the following POWs:
Egyptians: 7852 soldiers, 598 officers.
Syrians: 368 soldiers, 39 officers.
Iraqis: 13 soldiers, 5 officers.
Moroccans: 6 soldiers, 1 officer.
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