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The discovery follows the recovery of two other soldiers from the same battle in recent years, with Russia previously assisting in the search.","category":"Conflict & Security","area":"Middle East","publishedAt":"2026-08-18T10:05:29.545Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-08-18T08:46:49.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-19T12:01:01.404Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":62,"critic":85,"hype":70,"notes":{"trust":"Trust 62: multiple independent outlets, named spokesperson and Putin, but no documents or specific dates provided.","critic":"Critic 85: explains context, separates facts, gives specific names and dates, and notes next steps.","hype":"Hype 70: headlines imply concealment, overstating urgency compared to factual body."}},"tags":["#MiddleEastConflict","#IsraelDefenceForces","#LebanonWar","#MissingSoldiers","#RussiaIsraelRelations"],"entities":["Yehuda Katz","Israel Defence Forces","Battle of Sultan Yaqub","Vladimir Putin","Syria","Russia"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["The remains of Israeli soldier Yehuda Katz, missing since the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yaqub, have been located after 44 years.","Katz was the last of three soldiers unaccounted for from the battle, with the others recovered in 2019 and 2023.","The Israeli military informed Katz’s family but did not disclose where the remains were found.","Russia assisted Israel in 2019, with President Vladimir Putin stating Russian special forces found remains in Syria."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Israeli military has located the remains of Yehuda Katz, a soldier missing since the 1982 Battle of Sultan Yaqub during the First Lebanon War. Katz, a corporal at the time, disappeared in June 1982 after a tank battle with Syrian forces. The military informed his family of the discovery, though the exact location where the remains were found was not disclosed."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"Katz was the last of three Israeli soldiers missing from the battle. The remains of Zachary Baumel were recovered in 2019, and those of Zvi Feldman in 2023. Russia assisted Israel in the 2019 search, with President Vladimir Putin stating that Russian special forces had located remains in Syria. Israel later released two Syrian prisoners, as reported by watson and n-tv."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mentioned the 2019 prisoner exchange between Israel and Syria, in which two Syrian prisoners were released in return for the remains of another soldier. This detail was reported by watson and n-tv, the only two outlets whose full articles were printed. 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