Israeli forces are searching for a soldier believed captured, as a Gaza truce with Hamas collapsed just hours after it began.<\/p>\n
The soldier, named as Hadar Goldin, 23, went missing when Israeli forces trying to destroy a suspected militant tunnel were attacked, Israel’s military said.<\/p>\n
Israel and Hamas accused each other of breaching the 72-hour ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Palestinian sources said at least 35 people were killed by Israeli shelling in the southern town of Rafah.<\/p>\n
In 2006 Palestinian militants captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and held him for five years.<\/p>\n
He was released in November 2011 in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.<\/p>\n
Hamas has not commented on the latest reported capture.<\/p>\n
Some 1,460 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died in the latest conflict and 63 Israelis, mostly soldiers.<\/p>\n
The ceasefire had been brokered by the US and UN to give civilians a reprieve from the violence, and had been seen as an unforeseen breakthrough after days of diplomatic deadlock.<\/p>\n
Also on Friday, Palestinian and Israeli delegations arrived in Cairo, Egypt, with the hope of negotiating a longer-term cessation of hostilities, but Egyptian officials said the talks had now been postponed.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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