| A newly agreed cease-fire in the Gaza conflict collapsed hours after it came into effect on Friday with the Israeli military announcing that a soldier appeared to have been captured by Palestinian militants who emerged from a tunnel near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. |
| Gaza health officials said that 27 Palestinians were killed and more than 100 wounded as Israeli forces bombarded the area. Palestinian witnesses said by telephone that Israeli tank shells hit eastern Rafah as residents returned to inspect homes that they had evacuated. |
| Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said that government forces were moving to destroy a tunnel, as the terms of the cease-fire allowed for, when several militants came out of the ground. |
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Friday, August 1, 2014
Gaza Cease-Fire Collapses; Israeli Soldier Is Captured
Gaza Cease-Fire Collapses; Israeli Soldier Is Captured
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