Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- August 1, 2014

'If We Don't Get Our Soldier Back, We Should Start Leveling Gaza': Palestinians Face New Wave Of Bloodshed As Ceasefire Breaks Down After British-Israeli Soldier Is 'Kidnapped By Hamas' -- Daily Mail

* Lt Hadar Goldin, 23, believed to be from family of British Jewish immigrants and cousin of Israeli defence minister
* 'Abduction took place when militants emerged from tunnel and detonated bomb vest, killing two other soldiers'
* Israel resumed shelling in Gaza just two hours after start of ceasefire after accusing Hamas of snatching soldier
* Military wing of Hamas claims kidnapping happened before the truce and accused Israel of 'violating' peace deal
* Gaza officials claim at least 50 Palestinians were killed and 200 injured in 'random' shelling in the town of Rafah
* Truce started at 8am local time (6am BST) to give Gazans chance of humanitarian relief and time to bury the dead

The Foreign Office is urgently investigating reports that a soldier thought to have been captured by Hamas fighters in Gaza is a British Israeli.

Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, 23, is believed to be from a family of British Jewish immigrants and the third cousin of Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon.

He disappeared as a humanitarian ceasefire brokered by the United States and the United Nations collapsed into more bloodshed and violence just hours after it was supposed to take effect.

Reports of the kidnapping provoked a furious backlash from Israel, with former deputy defence minister, Danny Danon saying: 'If we don't get the soldier back within a few hours we should start levelling Gaza.'

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Israel - Hamas War News Updates -- August 1, 2014

Live Coverage: Israel - Gaza War -- BBC
Gaza crisis: Ceasefire crumbles as Israeli army reports soldier 'suspected' captured - live -- The Guardian
'British-Israeli' soldier kidnapped clearing Gaza tunnels: Live -- The Telegraph
Israel launches ground incursion in Gaza Strip LIVE UPDATES -- RT
LIVE BLOG: Israel's Operation Protective Edge in Gaza -- Jerusalem Post
LIVE UPDATES: IDF soldier feared taken captive in Gaza; U.S., UN chief condemn Hamas -- Haaretz
Father of kidnapped soldier confident IDF will ‘do everything’ to bring him home: Live -- Times of Israel
Gaza Blog Live -- Al Jazeera

Gaza militants 'seize Israeli soldier' as ceasefire ends -- BBC
Israel says truce over after soldier apparently captured in Gaza -- Reuters
35 killed, soldier missing as Gaza truce unravels -- AP
Gaza cease-fire fails to last the morning -- CBS/AP
Israeli spokesman: No need to debate who broke the cease-fire -- Washington Times
Gaza ceasefire collapses as fighting breaks out after two hours -- The Guardian
Gaza truce collapses amid renewed shelling -- Al Jazeera
Gaza says Rafah shelling death toll rises to 50 -- Reuters
Israel calls off Friday's 72-hour ceasefire as sides slip back into fighting -- RT
Gaza conflict: Ceasefire ends after less than three hours -- The Telegraph
Hostilities Resume in Gaza Despite Ceasefire Agreement - Reports -- RIA Novosti
After 2 soldiers killed, one seized during truce, Israel debates widening Gaza op -- Times of Israel

Kerry says reported kidnapping of Israeli soldier 'outrageous' violation of Gaza cease-fire -- FOX News
Netanyahu to Kerry: Hamas bears responsibility for consequences of its actions -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters
Kerry seeks urgent Qatari, Turkish help to free reportedly abducted IDF soldier -- Jerusalem Post/Reuters

Dissent quieted with most Israelis behind Gaza war -- AP
U.S. calls Hamas attack 'barbaric' violation of Gaza ceasefire: CNN -- Reuters
Saudi king labels Israeli offensive in Gaza a war crime -- Reuters
Switzerland in talks over international Gaza conference -- AFP

'Smell of death thick' in Gaza air -- Al Jazeera
Gaza conflict in pictures -- The Telegraph
Israel learning how to prevail in Gaza’s tunnel wars -- Avi Issacharoff, Times of Israel
Gaza: Mapping the human cost -- BBC
Could Israel face war crimes charges? -- Mick Krever, CNN
This time, Gaza fighting is 'proxy war' for entire Mideast -- Josh Levs, CNN