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JERUSALEM (CNN) — Israel buried two soldiers Thursday whose remains were returned in an exchange with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah the day before.
Friends and relatives in the coastal city of Nahariya watched as soldiers lowered the wooden coffin of Sgt. Maj. Ehud Goldwasser into the ground.
And in Haifa, thousands of mourners attended the funeral at the military cemetery for 1st Sgt. Eldad Regev.
Goldwasser and Regev were captured after Hezbollah militants crossed into Israel on a raid in July 2006. 
Watch funeral of Ehud Goldwasser »
Goldwasser had been a first sergeant and Regev had been a sergeant first class when they were seized. They were “posthumously promoted” after their remains were identified following the exchange with Hezbollah. Watch funeral of Eldad Regev »
Israel and Hezbollah fought a 34-day war in 2006, during which Israeli troops invaded Lebanon in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue the soldiers.
On Wednesday, Hezbollah returned the remains of Goldwasser and Regev in exchange for Israel freeing five Lebanese militants and the remains of 199 Lebanese fighters.
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