Israel-Gaza Cease-Fire Collapses Within Hours -- L.A. Times
A hard-won internationally brokered truce between Israel and Palestinian militants collapsed within hours Friday after the Israeli military said one of its soldiers was missing amid heavy fighting in the southern Gaza Strip and may have been captured by Hamas fighters.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stopped short of declaring the cease-fire dead, but accused Hamas of “flagrantly violating” what was to have been a three-day truce. Hamas in turn insisted it was Israel that had broken the cease-fire terms agreed to only hours earlier.
Although Netanyahu distanced himself from personally announcing the breakdown of the truce – as he has done with previous cease-fires – a separate government statement said Israel had officially notified U.N. Mideast envoy Robert Serry that the truce was over, citing Hamas aggression.
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More News On The Collapse Of The Israel - Hamas Ceasefire
Israel declares Gaza truce over, 50 die in Gaza shelling -- Reuters
Gaza cease-fire fails to last the morning -- CBS/AP
Gaza Cease-Fire Collapses; Israeli Soldier Is Captured -- NYT
Gaza Truce in Tatters as Hamas, Israelis Clash -- WSJ
40 Dead in Gaza, Soldier Abducted as Cease-Fire Crumbles -- ABC news
Gaza Truce Unravels as Israel Soldier Said to Be Captured -- Bloomberg
Cease-fire collapses between Israel, Hamas -- Washington Post
Gaza militants 'seize Israeli soldier' as ceasefire ends -- BBC
Israel Suspects Soldier Believed Captured As Cease-Fire Collapses -- Time
Israeli 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin Feared Kidnapped in Gaza: Military -- NBC
IDF soldier feared kidnapped, 2 other soldiers killed -- Jerusalem Post
My Comment: I went to bed last night watching a CBC reporter from Canada talking about the start of the ceasefire between Israel and Gaza .... I wake-up 7 hours later and I am watching everything go to hell .... and I am not even surprised.
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ReplyDeleteJust saw this... Don't see this getting reported by the mainstream media, and I also don't see it getting reported via this blog.
I cannot report everything D. Plowman. If I could .... I would .... but then I would be buried in my bunker not living my life. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link.
Kerry was successful. He negotiated a ceasefire. It held for a few minutes or a few hours (long enough for Hamas to give orders and for some units to travel to the site of an operation & carry out an op).
ReplyDeleteBut in the District of Columbia this is a small feather in is cap. He will be feted at Foggy Bottom.