Are Hezbollah's hostages dead???

Der Speigel is reporting that the two Israeli hostages being held by Hezbollah are dead...

The prestigious German weekly Der Spiegel reports, in an incidental manner, that the two IDF soldiers who have been held captive by Hizbullah for 16 months are dead. The article is a feature essay on the unnamed German mediator in the talks between Israel and Hizbullah for the release of the two soldiers, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser.

The paper says that Israeli officials also believe that Regev and Goldwasser were killed.

Unlike Gilad Shalit - an IDF soldier who was kidnapped by the Hamas terrorist organization in Gaza two weeks before Regev and Goldwasser - not a single sign of life has been heard from the latter two since the day they were captured. The Red Cross has not been permitted to visit them, nor have any letters been received from them.