- A deadly new wave of violence was seen just a few hours later as a humanitarian truce collapsed in Gaza, the apparent capture by Hamas of an Israeli soldier
- An intensive fight killed dozens of people in Southern Gaza as the ceasefire was short lived with Hamas accusing Israel of breaking it and the Jewish state saying it was responding to rocket fire
- Military informed that two soldiers were killed near the Southern city of Rafah and chances of durable truce seemed impossible
- An army spokesperson told “Our initial indications suggest a soldier has been abducted by terrorists in an incident where terrorists breached the ceasefire,”
- Israeli conscript Gilad Shalit and held him for five years was captured by Hamas in 2006 and rleased him with an exchange of more than 1000 Palestinian prisoners
- Gaza was quite after the cease fire announcement by John Kerry which would have been the longest of several agreed since the conflict began on July 8
- The short truce gave a little relief from the fight that had killed several civilian lives ad just Within hours, air raid sirens warning of rocket fire were heard on the Israeli side, and heavy shelling resumed in Rafah, killing at least 40 people and wounding more than 150, medics said
- Hamas and other Gaza militants were accused of flagrantly violating the cease fire, Hamas spokes person said “it is the [Israeli] occupation which violated the ceasefire. The Palestinian resistance acted based on… the right to self-defence”
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Palestinians “unilaterally and grossly violated the humanitarian ceasefire and attacked our soldiers after 09.00”
- Further the statement said Hamas was warned by the PM that the other terrorist organisations in the Gaza Strip will bear the consequences of their actions
- Hamas was accused of launching a “barbaric” attack to capture the Israeli soldiers in an outrageous action, further Washingon told that it was looking at the rest of the world to join us in condemning it,” White House Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken
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