From: The Sunday Telegraph
TWO Sydney schoolboys are missing, feared dead, after the south Lebanon
village in which they were trapped was destroyed by Israeli missiles.
The father of Ali Sayed, 11, and his brother Abbas, 8, said yesterday he
held little hope the Bexley Public School students had survived Friday's
attack, which destroyed 30 homes in Aitaroun.
"It is very bad news. It is with God now," Rockdale excavator Fadel
Sayed said.
If his worst fears are realised, Ali and Abbas - who were born in Sydney
and on their first visit to Lebanon - would be the first known
Australian casualties of the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in
southern Lebanon.
Schoolboys feared dead
They Are Safe!!!
TWO Sydney brothers feared dead in war-torn southern Lebanon are safe, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today.
Ali Sayed, 11, and his brother Abbas, eight, became separated from their mother after Israeli bombs flattened the village of Aitaroun yesterday.
"There was a story of two boys having been killed but we've been able to confirm that they're both safe," Mr Downer told ABC television today.
Ali and Abbas were born in Sydney and are on their first visit to Lebanon.
Downer Confirms Boys Safe
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