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Kuntar, the sole survivor, was convicted of killing two family members, a father and his four-year-old daughter, who had been taken hostage, and an Israeli policeman, Eliyahu Shahar. He became a member of Hezbollah while in prison. He and four other Hezbollah fighters were released in 2008 in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers captured and killed in 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria. 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