Egypt returned the remains of three more Yom Kippur War dead to Israel at military ceremonies in the Sinai buffer zone today. Eye-witnesses, who included nearly a dozen Israeli journalists currently in Cairo, reported that the atmosphere between the Israeli and Egyptian officers was far more relaxed than on similar occasions in the past.
Deputy Defense Minister Mordechai Zipori, representing the government, took note of the recent events in the Middle East. “We stand at the beginning of a new era,” he said. “The largest of the Arab states–Egypt–has opened a new era in the Middle East, an era of dialogue.”
Three coffins were handed over to an Israeli guard of honor on the Egyptian side of the buffer zone. The remains of the soldiers who had been listed as missing in action, were discovered by Egyptian work men last week at the site of a new development project in the Suez Canal zone.
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