Hamas terrorists killed two IDF soldiers during the suspected kidnapping of 2nd Lt. Goldin this morning.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August 1, 2014
Israeli military spokesman: Missing soldier was "abducted" as cease-fire unraveled. http://t.co/y1FCgVCh3i
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 1, 2014
The capture of 2nd Lt Hadar Goldin amounts to a 'death sentence' for many Hamas leaders, says one of the negotiators in the release of Gilad Shalit.
Al Qassam just signed the death sentenced of many Hamas leaders. There will not be another Schalit deal.
— Gershon Baskin (@gershonbaskin) August 1, 2014
(The Guardian) It looked like a significant gain for Hamas when Palestinian fighters claimed to have captured an Israel officer near Rafah, Gaza Strip, in an operation apparently designed to take advantage of a 72-hour ceasefire and improve the terms of any eventual cessation of hostilities.
Uncertainty about the details of the incident nothwithstanding, the apparent capture of 2nd Lt Hadar Goldin looks certain to reinforce the Israeli government's determination to carry on fighting.
Any capture of Israeli personnel inevitably recalls the case of Gilad Shalit, a young conscript seized by Palestinian fighters on the border with Gaza in 2006 and held for five years before being traded for the release of 1,027 Palestinians.
Gershon Baskin, an Israeli peace activist who helped negotiate Shalit's release, said he believed that the Izzedine al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, had made a grievous error. "Al-Qassam just signed the death sentence of many Hamas leaders," he tweeted. "There will not be another Shalit deal."
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After 2 soldiers killed, one seized during truce, Israel debates widening Gaza op http://t.co/oUiwLkiWB2
— The Times of Israel (@TimesofIsrael) August 1, 2014
