Yet another version:
"The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades has no information on this soldier. We have lost contact with the combatant group that took part in the ambush, and we believe its members were killed in the [IDF] strikes. Assuming they managed to capture the soldier during the battle, we believe he may have also been killed."
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another:
"We have lost contact with the group of fighters that took part in the ambush and we believe they were all killed in the (Israeli) bombardment. Assuming that they managed to seize the soldier during combat, we assess that he was also killed in the incident," the statement said.
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By all accounts except that of Hamas, Hamas broke the latest cease-fire 90 minutes after it began by seizing Israeli soldier, Second Lt. Hadar Goldin. The Obama Administration blasted Hamas for its actions and called for the unconditional release of the soldier.
"We have unequivocally condemned Hamas and the Palestinian factions that were responsible for killing two soldiers, and capturing a third, almost minutes after a ceasefire was announced," Obama said. "That soldier needs to be unconditionally released, as soon as possible."
Under the terms of the cease-fire, Israel was still going to be searching for and dismantling tunnels. The agreement was for Israel to withhold firing into Gaza, not leave Gaza. Via the New York Times:
Under the terms of the temporary truce, Israeli forces were permitted to remain in place inside Gaza to continue destroying the labyrinth of tunnels that Mr. Netanyahu has said were the prime target of the Israeli ground operation. Both sides said they would respond if fired upon.
According to Israel and news reports, 90 minutes after the cease-fire began, Hamas militants, including a suicide bomber, emerged from a tunnel and attacked Israeli soldiers who were working on it, killing two soldiers and then grabbing a third Israeli soldier, dragging him into the tunnel and back to Gaza.
More here.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also blamed Hamas for breaking the ceasefire. The U.N. says it has not yet independently verified Israel's claims, but if true:
"This would constitute a grave violation of the cease-fire, and one that is likely to have very serious consequences for the people of Gaza, Israel and beyond....Such moves call into question the credibility of Hamas' assurances to the United Nations.
The Times of Israel has this primer on the tunnels and Hamas.
Hamas blamed Israel for breaking the ceasefire initially claiming its action occurred a few hours before the ceasefire by another group. It has not confirmed the capture of the soldier.
On Twitter, there is a lot of debate as to whether the soldier was "kidnapped" or "captured." If Hamas agreed to the cease-fire knowing Israel had announced it would continue searching for and dismantling tunnels, and that's what the Israeli soldiers were doing when attacked by Hamas, then I don't think "captured" is the right word. He was in a place he was expected to be under the terms of the ceasefire, and he was not on a battlefield or engaged in combat. But since the whole area is a war zone, I don't like the word "kidnapped" either. So I'm using the word "seized."