Israeli soldier's capture may escalate Gaza conflict

August 02, 2014 00:12

Three years after it released more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a captured soldier, Israel could face a repeat of that drawn-out process after one of its officers appears to have been abducted in a raid Friday morning in southern Gaza.

The Israel Defense Forces suspects 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23, was kidnapped and dragged into a Hamas tunnel during a battle that killed two Israeli soldiers. The abduction risks a major escalation in the nearly 4-week-old conflict, considering the extraordinary lengths Israel has gone to get back captured soldiers.

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