After hours of deliberation the Cabinet voted to go ahead with the prisoner deal with Hizbullah, with 22 ministers voting for the decision and three ministers opposing the exchange. During the meeting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert informed the cabinet ministers that the two IDF reservists Eldad Regev and Udi Goldwasser are no longer alive, and were killed either during the kidnapping or shortly after. In response to Olmert's declarations that the two reservists are no longer alive, the families of Goldwasser and Regev declared that Olmert's assumptions were based on half truths and demanded to be given solid proof to back the statements if they are indeed true.06/29/08
