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| Gaza militants 'seize Israeli soldier' as ceasefire ends | Gaza militants 'seize Israeli soldier' as ceasefire ends |
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| Israeli forces are searching for a soldier believed captured, as a Gaza truce with Hamas collapsed just hours after it began. | |
| The Israeli military said the soldier went missing during an attack on forces trying to destroy a tunnel from Gaza built by militants into Israel. | The Israeli military said the soldier went missing during an attack on forces trying to destroy a tunnel from Gaza built by militants into Israel. |
| Israel and Hamas accused each other of breaching the 72-hour ceasefire. | |
| Palestinian sources said at least 35 people were killed by Israeli shelling in the southern town of Rafah. | |
| In 2006 Palestinian militants captured an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who was held for five years until November 2011. He was released in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. | In 2006 Palestinian militants captured an Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, who was held for five years until November 2011. He was released in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. |
| Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied the latest capture. | |
| Some 1,460 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died in the latest conflict and 63 Israelis, mostly soldiers. | Some 1,460 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have died in the latest conflict and 63 Israelis, mostly soldiers. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | |
| Analysis: Martin Patience, BBC News, Gaza | |
| The clashes in Rafah came just four hours into what was meant be a 72-hour ceasefire, reinforcing just how difficult it is to get truces to last beyond a very short time. Both sides will have expected such violations. | |
| While it held, much of Gaza was relatively quiet compared to the violence in recent weeks. The streets were slowly returning back to life as shops began to reopen. People had been taking the opportunity to stock up on much-needed supplies. | |
| A steady stream of cars headed towards evacuated neighbourhoods close to the Israeli border. People here want to see if their houses are still standing and to try to salvage what's left of their belongings. | |
| The BBC's Bethany Bell, in Jerusalem, says there had been enormous international pressure for a 72-hour lull to allow people in Gaza to bury their dead and restock with food. | |
| During the morning life appeared to be returning to some kind of normality in Gaza, with many Palestinians heading towards heavily shelled areas to see if their homes were still intact. | |
| But the Gaza health ministry reported that at least 35 Palestinians were killed and up to 100 injured in an Israeli attack near the southern town of Rafah after the ceasefire began. | |
| A senior Israeli official said Hamas had breached the ceasefire and Israel's response would be "crushing". | |
| Earlier, Israeli foreign affairs spokesman Yigal Palmor told the BBC that Israeli forces had retaliated after being attacked in what seemed like a planned move by Hamas. | |
| "There was a full-scale attack on an Israeli unit and this unit had to respond," he said. | |
| "After it responded, Hamas started firing rockets on Israeli territory again and therefore the fighting resumed all along the line. | |
| But Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoun said: "The Israelis are the ones who breached the ceasefire, and the Palestinian resistance acted in a way that ensures its right of self-defence." | |
| Another Hamas official said the announcement of the soldier's capture was "a justification for Israel retreating from the truth and a cover-up for massacres". | |
| Palestinian media reported that Hamas had called for a "day of anger" across the West Bank. | |
| Ceasefires timeline | |
| Gaza-Israel conflict: What is the fighting about? | |
| Gaza crisis: Toll of operations in Gaza | |
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