Baumel, who was born in the United States in 1960 but immigrated to Israel, had been missing since what is known as the Battle of Sultan Yacoub in a Lebanese village of the same name near the Syrian border.
Israel has recovered the body of US-born Israeli soldier, who had gone missing since a 1982 battle with Syrian forces during its invasion of Lebanon.
IDF spokesman Ronen Manlis said in a statement that two IDF chiefs of staff and the last two military intelligence heads were involved in the repatriation, as well as officials from military intelligence, research and operations, the Israel Security Agency and the Mossad.
Conricus declined to elaborate on how the return was arranged or where the remains were found, saying only that "an opportunity arose to locate the body" through an unnamed country. "We hope and pray that all the remaining missing will be returned home to their rightful places in the land of Israel".
This picture taken on August 29, 2018 shows a reproduction of a photo of Israeli soldier Lieutenant Hadar Goldin taken while on army duty, as shown by his parents at their family home in the city of Kfar Saba.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in his eulogy for Baumel at a military cemetary in Jerusalem, thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin for his help.
Israel suffered 20 casualties in the battle dozens of wounded and 3 soldiers went missing; Zachary Baumel, Tzvi Feldman, and Yehuda Katz. But Yona died almost 10 years ago.
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Putin said only that Syria - with which Israel has technically been at war - participated in the operation.
"Israel appealed to Russian Federation with a request for help finding the remains of Israeli servicemen located at specific coordinates in Syria. Despite that, Russian Federation was willing to carry on with the operation", Konashenkov said.
They were part of an armored battalion and were in two separate tanks.
Baumel was buried later Thursday at a military cemetery in Jerusalem. One of the unit's tanks was also captured by Syrian forces and brought back to the country as a trophy.
"This process would never have happened without the true cooperation over many years of figures in the Israeli intelligence community and the IDF". A tank from the Battle of Sultan Jacoub was returned to Israel from Russian Federation in June 2016.
According to the IDF, the remains of Baumel, Feldman and Katz were believed to be in the control of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Syria. The Israeli media reported that Russian Federation was involved in the retrieval of the remains, though it was not officially confirmed.
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