Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh is the current Minister of Health of Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

. In June 2006 Saad Hariri

Saad Hariri

Saad-eddine Rafiq Al-Hariri is a Saudi-Lebanese billionaire who served as the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 2009 until 2011. He is the second son of Rafiq Hariri, the former Lebanese Prime Minister who was assassinated in 2005...

 held talks with Mohammed Jawad Khalifeh on a proposal to provide general insurance to the Lebanese. In an interview on Al Manar television Khalifeh congratulated Hezbollah for capturing 2 IDF

Israel Defense Forces

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 soldiers in hopes of exchanging them for Lebanese prisoner Samir Kuntar

Samir Kuntar

Samir Kuntar is a Lebanese Druze convicted murderer and former member of the Palestine Liberation Front...

, starting the 2006 Lebanon Conflict. Khalifeh stated that "Lebanon has the right to regain its prisoners and liberate them." On July 23, 2006 Kalifeh handed over a list of more than 1500 casualties to the envoy of the United Nations

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, Jan Egeland

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. The list included date of birth, age, name, details and the site of injury of the casualties. In an interview on CNN

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Khalifeh claimed that humanitarian aid in was not enough.