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Israel Suspects Soldier Captured As Cease-Fire Collapses
[TIME] A three-day ceasefire is in tatters after an exchange of fire between Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, and Isreali Defense ForcesThe Israeli military believes one of its soldiers was captured as a planned 72-hour cease-fire fell apart just hours into the deal, a front man said Friday. The lull in fighting collapsed in an early morning exchange of fire that left at least five Israeli soldiers and 40 Gazoo residents dead. "The [Israeli Defense Forces] is currently conducting intelligence efforts and extensive searches in order to locate the missing soldier," the IDF said in a statement, after Israel accused Hamas of breaking the cease-fire agreement by firing rockets on Israeli forces in southern Gazoo. Lt. Col Peter Lerner, IDF front man, identified the missing soldier as Second Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23. Lerner said the soldier, from Kfar Saba, was captured early on Friday as the Israeli military was "implementing" the cease-fire and that two IDF soldiers were killed during the suspected capture. Israel and Hamas both blamed one another for Friday's unraveling. The deal was brokered by U.S. Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... and U.N. Secretary-General  the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... , and it marks at least the fourth humanitarian cease-fire to have collapsed within hours since Israel's latest ground operation in Gazoo began earlier this month. Posted by: Fred 2014-08-01 |
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