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Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts) Fri Aug 1, 2014, 11:19 AM Aug 2014

BREAKING: 72-Hour Cease-Fire Unravels, Israeli Soldier Captured

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Gaza cease-fire quickly unraveled on Friday as violence erupted in and around a southern town in the war-ravaged strip, with at least 40 Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling while the military said two soldiers were killed and an infantry officer was feared captured during fighting there.

Israel and Hamas accused each other of breaking the cease-fire, which had been announced by the U.S. and the U.N. and took effect at 8:00 a.m. Friday. The fighting broke out less than two hours later.

The breakdown of the cease-fire and the apparent capture of the Israeli soldier set the stage for a major escalation of the 25-day-old conflict, which has already devastated large swaths of the impoverished coastal area.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html

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BREAKING: 72-Hour Cease-Fire Unravels, Israeli Soldier Captured (Original Post) Cali_Democrat Aug 2014 OP

Bullshit, Isreal is just providing an excuse to start giftedgirl77 Aug 2014 #1

??? Cali_Democrat Aug 2014 #2

Where are the reports coming from? giftedgirl77 Aug 2014 #4

They lied about the kidnapping and torture so why would anyone believe them this time? randome Aug 2014 #6

On CNN the point was made that the soldier was captured and not kidnapped. Lint Head Aug 2014 #3

Hamas will lie,cheat and break any agreement. Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #5

Is this what it's like to see from your point of view? randome Aug 2014 #7

Not worth dignifying . Rhinodawg Aug 2014 #8

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)

1. Bullshit, Isreal is just providing an excuse to start

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 11:28 AM

Aug 2014

bombing shit again.

Cali_Democrat

(30,439 posts)

2. ???

Reply to giftedgirl77 (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 11:30 AM

Aug 2014

You're saying the soldier wasn't captured?

I don't know...all the reports I've been reading seem to indicate there was a solder captured.

giftedgirl77

(4,713 posts)

4. Where are the reports coming from?

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 11:36 AM

Aug 2014

The only people that can report MIA soldiers is Israel & they aren't exactly a credible source. It has once again turned into an excuse to violate a ceasefire bc of something unjust happening to them again. It's the same bullshit over & over again.

randome

(34,845 posts)

6. They lied about the kidnapping and torture so why would anyone believe them this time?

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Reply #2)

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 11:40 AM

Aug 2014

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Don't ever underestimate the long-term effects of a good night's sleep.[/center][/font][hr]

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)

3. On CNN the point was made that the soldier was captured and not kidnapped.

Reply to Cali_Democrat (Original post)

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 11:33 AM

Aug 2014

The news "reader" kept using the term kidnapped and was reminded that this was a war and when a soldier is taken they are captured and become a POW. The media is killing me. Glad to see that term in this article.