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| Israel says missing soldier is dead | |
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| The Israeli military says a soldier reported missing in Gaza on Friday is dead. | The Israeli military says a soldier reported missing in Gaza on Friday is dead. |
| Hadar Goldin was believed to have been captured by militants during fighting, leading to the collapse of a ceasefire shortly after it had been declared. | Hadar Goldin was believed to have been captured by militants during fighting, leading to the collapse of a ceasefire shortly after it had been declared. |
| The Israel Defense Forces said it had determined that Lt Goldin, previously considered captured, had died. | The Israel Defense Forces said it had determined that Lt Goldin, previously considered captured, had died. |
| Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has said the operation in Gaza will continue according to Israel's security needs. | |
| Hamas had denied it was holding the 23-year-old captive, saying it did not know the soldier's whereabouts. | |
| The military wing of Islamist group said it had lost contact with some fighters in the area where Israel said the soldier had been seized. | |
| It said it believed the fighters and possibly Lt Goldin had been killed in an Israeli airstrike. | |
| Israel's defence minister and the chief military rabbi met the soldier's family at their home in the town of Kfar Saba on Saturday night. | |
| Hundreds of well-wishers had gathered outside their home and there was an outpouring of grief when the military's announcement was made public. | |
| Confirmation of Lt Goldin's death means 66 Israelis have now died in the fighting, all but two of them soldiers. | |
| Some 1,670 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since the conflict began more than three weeks ago. |