The slain soldiers' families have no chance of privacy as the nation and world watch their tragedy deepen.
By Richard Boudreaux, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 17, 2008
JERUSALEM -- The Regevs wanted privacy. But that didn't stop dozens of friends, neighbors and schoolchildren from lighting candles outside their home in a quiet suburb of Haifa. Or TV crews from filming the vigil. Or viewers all over Israel from watching it live.
Eldad Regev and fellow soldier Ehud Goldwasser were national figures. And they were finally coming home.