Lebanese policemen kidnapped five Israeli high school boys from Israel territory this morning. They were returned safely this afternoon following representations by the International Red Cross. The five youngsters, all seventh graders at a Haifa high school, were part of a group of 12 students spending a two-week period of national service at Kibbutz Misgav Am, near the Lebanese border. They were working in a field when two Lebanese policemen seized them at rifle point and forced them to cross the border into Lebanon. As soon as the incident was known, Israeli authorities approached the International Red Cross which promptly intervened.
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