Gaza War: 72-Hour Cease-Fire Unravels, Soldier Feared Captured

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vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Backed by tank fire and airstrikes, Israeli forces pushed deep into southern Gaza on Friday, searching for an Israeli army officer believed to be captured by Hamas fighters during deadly clashes that shattered an internationally brokered cease-fire.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The apparent capture of the soldier and the collapse of the truce set the stage for a possible expansion of Israel's 25-day-old military operation against Hamas.</span></div> <div> <br /></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President Barack Obama and U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon called for the immediate release of the soldier but also appealed for restraint. In Israel, senior Cabinet ministers convened late Friday in a rare emergency meeting after the start of the Jewish Sabbath.</span></div> <div class="ad_wrapper" id="ad_mid_article" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: left; margin: 10px 10px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><iframe frameborder="0" height="250" hspace="0" id="adsonar_serve808311" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="adsonar_serve808311" scrolling="no" src="http://ads.tw.adsonar.com/adserving/getAds.jsp?previousPlacementIds=&placementId=1570394&pid=2930767&ps=-1&zw=300&zh=250&ssl=false&url=http%3A//www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html&v=5&flash=false&fv=0&dct=Gaza%20War%3A%2072-Hour%20Cease-Fire%20Unravels%2C%20Soldier%20Feared%20Captured&metakw=gaza,war%3A,72-hour,cease-fire,unravels,,soldier,feared,captured,worldpost" style="border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" vspace="0" width="300"></iframe></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The search for the missing soldier centered on the outskirts of the town of Rafah, on the Egypt-Gaza border.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At least 140 Palestinians were killed Friday in Gaza, with at least 70 killed in the Rafah area along with two Israeli soldiers.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Earlier Friday, Israel and Hamas accused each other of breaking the truce, which had been announced by the U.S. and the U.N., and took effect at 8 a.m.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The breakdown meant there would be no reprieve for the 1.7 million residents of Gaza, where large parts have been devastated by airstrikes and shelling, and at least 1,600 people — mostly civilians — have been killed and more than 8,000 wounded. Israel has lost 63 soldiers and three civilians.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The fighting in the Rafah area continued into the night, with residents reporting airstrikes along the Egypt-Gaza frontier as well as heavy tank and artillery shelling. The Israeli military said it was searching for the missing soldier and had sent automated calls or text messages to Rafah residents to stay indoors.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We are under fire, every minute or so tanks fire shells at us," said Rafah resident Ayman Al-Arja. "I have been thinking of leaving since 2 p.m., but tank fire can reach anywhere, and I was scared they will hit my pickup truck. Now we are sitting in the stairwell, 11 members of my family, my brother, his nine children and wife. We just have water to drink and the radio to hear the news."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The 45-year-old Al-Arja added: "We are just staying put waiting for God's mercy."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The heavy shelling in Rafah was part of operational and intelligence activity to locate the missing officer, 2nd Lt. Hadar Goldin, the Israeli military said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An hour after the cease-fire began, gunmen emerged from one or more Gaza tunnels and opened fire at Israeli soldiers, with at least one of the militants detonating an explosives vest, said Israeli army spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Goldin, a 23-year-old from the central Israeli town of Kfar Saba, was apparently captured in the ensuing mayhem, while another two Israeli soldiers were killed.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We suspect that he has been kidnapped," Lerner said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Obama called for Goldin's unconditional and immediate release and said it would be difficult to put the cease-fire back together. However, he said the U.S. will continue working toward a cease-fire.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">He said Israel committed to the truce, but at the same time called the situation in Gaza "heartbreaking" and repeated calls for Israel to do more to prevent Palestinian civilian casualties.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Innocent civilians caught in the crossfire have to weigh on our conscience, and we have to do more," Obama said. He added that Israel must be able to defend itself, but that irresponsible actions by Hamas have put civilians in danger.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Israel has gone to great lengths in the past to get back its captured soldiers. In 2011, it traded hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier who had been captured by Hamas-allied militants in 2006. The capture of two soldiers in a cross-border operation by Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrillas in 2006 sparked a 34-day war between the Iranian-backed Shiite group and Israel.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Hamas spokesman, Fawzi Barhoum, would neither confirm nor deny the capture, saying the event was being used — along with the killing of two Israeli soldiers in the Rafah area — as a cover for what he called a "massacre" in Rafah.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The violence killed at least 70 Palestinians and wounded 440 in the Rafah area, according to Gaza Health Ministry official Ashraf al-Kidra. The dead included paramedic Assef al-Zamily, killed when an Israeli tank shell hit an ambulance in which he was riding, al-Kidra said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Another 70 Palestinians were killed elsewhere in Gaza on Friday, according to al-Kidra.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ban blamed Hamas for violating the cease-fire and demanded the immediate and unconditional release of Goldin.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The U.N. chief also urged both sides "to show maximum restraint and return to the agreed 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire that tragically lasted such a brief period of time," U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry by phone that Palestinian militants had "unilaterally and grossly" violated the cease-fire and attacked Israeli soldiers after 9 a.m.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Israel will take all necessary steps against those who call for our destruction and perpetrate terrorism against our citizens," Netanyahu told Kerry, according to a statement from the prime minister's office.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moussa Abu Marzouk, Hamas' deputy leader, denied that Hamas violated the truce. He told Al-Arabiya news channel from Cairo that the movement's military wing carried out no military operations after 8 a.m.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A longtime friend of Goldin's said he is engaged to get married and that he studied at a Jewish seminary in the West Bank settlement of Eli. Goldin has a twin brother who also is in the military on the Gaza front lines, said the friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he did not have the family's permission to discuss Goldin's personal details with the media.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The soldier's father, Simha Goldin, is a Tel Aviv University professor specializing in Ashkenazi Jewry, the friend said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"We want to support the military in the fighting against Hamas in Gaza. We are sure the military will not stop before it turns over every stone in Gaza and returns Hadar home safe and sound," the father said in a statement to reporters outside his home.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The shelling in Rafah sent families fleeing from apartment blocks. One woman carrying two children rushed toward a parked car, yelling to a bystander, "Quick, open the car door!"</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ambulances ferried the wounded to al-Najar hospital, where family members frantically searched for loved ones among the bloodied bodies on stretchers. Many of the wounded were children. In one room, four children were treated on a single bed, while others were examined on the floor.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">On July 8, Israel began an aerial campaign against Gaza aimed at halting Palestinian rocket fire and later sent in ground troops to target launch sites and tunnels used by Hamas to carry out attacks inside Israel.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Four brief humanitarian cease-fires were announced, but each broke within a few hours.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Israeli military said Gaza militants fired at least 38 rockets and mortars at Israel since the start of Friday's cease-fire, and two were intercepted.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The latest cease-fire, announced by Kerry and Ban, was intended to be the first step toward a lasting truce, with Egypt inviting Israeli and Palestinian delegations to Cairo for talks. Despite its collapse, an Egyptian government official said Cairo had not canceled its invitation for Palestinians and Israelis to hold talks. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to talk to the media.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Soon after the cease-fire started, Gaza's residents took advantage of the lull to return to their homes, many of which had been destroyed. In the heavily bombarded Gaza district of Shijaiyah, less than 1.6 kilometers (a mile) from the Israeli border, residents surveyed the damage.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bassem Abul Qumbus found that his three-story home — in which he had invested tens of thousands of dollars - had been shattered. Shells had punched a hole in the ceiling of one bedroom and a wall had collapsed into the kitchen.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The work of all those years is gone," he said as he struggled to salvage flour from bags that had been torn apart by shrapnel.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the southern town of Khan Younis, residents searched for bodies amid destroyed homes. Rescuers and volunteers used makeshift stretchers to carry away corpses, some badly burned.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Nidal Abu Rjeila found the body of his disabled sister on the side of the road, her wheelchair flipped upside down. He said her body had been there for five days.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I tried to reach human rights groups and the Red Cross, but no one was answering me," he said, overcome by grief.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Israel says it has tried to spare civilians by warning them before military strikes, and that Hamas endangers Gazans by firing rockets from residential areas.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Palestinian militants have shot hundreds of rockets into Israel during the conflict, extending their reach to major cities but causing few casualties, in part because Israel's "Iron Dome" defense system has intercepted many of the missiles.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hamas has vowed to keep fighting until Israel and Egypt lift a crippling blockade of Gaza imposed after the Islamic militant group seized power there in 2007.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">___</span></div> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hendawi reported from Jerusalem. 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margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 7:46 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#752_cnn-criticized-for-tweet-on-gaza-ceasefire-failure" name="752_cnn-criticized-for-tweet-on-gaza-ceasefire-failure" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">CNN Criticized For Tweet On Gaza Ceasefire Failure</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/01/you-are-a-bunch-of-liars-cnn-slammed-online-for-publishing-this-tweet-after-gaza-cease-fire-crumbled/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Criticism flourished online in response to a tweet from CNN's breaking news account</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/cnnbrk" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">@cnnbrk,</a> for its framing of how the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">72-hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was broken</a>, The Blaze reports.</span></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CNN's tweet sent early Friday morning:</span></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-3" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twttr-rendered="true" lang="en" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">8 Palestinians were killed, 15 hurt by Israeli artillery shelling, Palestinian news agency says, calling it a "violation of the ceasefire."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) <a href="https://twitter.com/cnnbrk/statuses/495141373373595648" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">How the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">ceasefire was broken is disputed</a>, and Twitter users took issue with CNN's reporting. The Blaze <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/01/you-are-a-bunch-of-liars-cnn-slammed-online-for-publishing-this-tweet-after-gaza-cease-fire-crumbled/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">rounded up some of the backlash on Twitter</a>.</span></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-4" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twttr-rendered="true" lang="en" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://twitter.com/cnnbrk" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@cnnbrk</a> Is this before or after rockets from Hamas, before or after a suicide bomber from a tunnel or before or after a possible kidnapping?</span></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Bridget Waldron (@bswaldron) <a href="https://twitter.com/bswaldron/statuses/495176410521403392" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">More on <a href="http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/08/01/you-are-a-bunch-of-liars-cnn-slammed-online-for-publishing-this-tweet-after-gaza-cease-fire-crumbled/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">The Blaze</a>.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_751" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 6:20 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#751_a-look-at-the-israeli-soldiers-captured-in-the-past" name="751_a-look-at-the-israeli-soldiers-captured-in-the-past" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">A Look At The Israeli Soldiers Captured In The Past</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After the reported abduction of Hadar Goldin in Gaza, the Associated Press <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/israeli-soldiers-captured_n_5642682.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">looks back </a>at the Israeli soldiers who have been captured before.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">From the AP:</span></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In the past, Israel has gone to great lengths to return captured soldiers, including large-scale military operations and lopsided prisoner swaps to return its captured troops.</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read the story <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/israeli-soldiers-captured_n_5642682.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">here</a>.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_750" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 5:38 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#750_hamas-spox-talks-to-cnn-about-missing-soldier" name="750_hamas-spox-talks-to-cnn-about-missing-soldier" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Hamas Spox Talks To CNN About Missing Soldier</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">Israeli soldier believed to have been kidnapped on Friday</a>, may have been killed, injured or in hiding, a Hamas spokesman told CNN. Hamas officials have denied knowledge of the whereabouts of Hadar Goldin.</span></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-5" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck" data-twttr-rendered="true" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">JUST IN - Hamas spokesman to <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@CNN</a> on missing IDF soldier: "he may be killed, he may be injured..he may be hidden by the Israeli forces.."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) <a href="https://twitter.com/vplus/statuses/495318930966466560" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-6" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twttr-rendered="true" lang="en" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">JUST IN - Hamas spokesman tells CNN he "cannot confirm or deny" if they have an Israeli soldier, says they lack info on the ground</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) <a href="https://twitter.com/vplus/statuses/495320398427607040" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_749" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 3:21 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#749_fighting-flares-near-site-of-soldier-abduction" name="749_fighting-flares-near-site-of-soldier-abduction" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Fighting Flares Near Site Of Soldier Abduction</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Guardian <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/01/israel-bombards-rafah-soldier-disappears-gaza-ceasefire-collapse" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">reports </a>that Israeli forces bombarded the town of Rafah in south Gaza after an Israeli soldier was reportedly abducted nearby.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/01/israel-bombards-rafah-soldier-disappears-gaza-ceasefire-collapse" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank"><span style="color: black;">The story notes:</span></a></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The bombardment of Rafah appeared to reflect what the IDF called the "Hannibal directive", in which it responds to any capture of a soldier with heavy fire aimed at stopping the captors leaving the scene, even if it risks injury to the Israeli prisoner.</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Palestinian officials noted a high death toll, while the United Nations reported that it had opened additional shelters in the area.</span></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-7" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twttr-rendered="true" lang="en" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Palestinian health officials say 62 people killed in east of Rafah, 350 injured after <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#Israel</a>-i soldier abducted <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#Gaza</a></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) <a href="https://twitter.com/WilliamsJon/statuses/495256912133246976" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-8" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twttr-rendered="true" lang="en" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: UNRWA opened 3 new shelters in Rafah in the south of <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GAZA?src=hash" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#GAZA</a> 90 Shelters in all. Number of displaced reaches 250,000 RT</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Chris Gunness (@ChrisGunness) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisGunness/statuses/495254708538200066" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-9" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twttr-rendered="true" lang="en" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Rafah residents get warning from IDF not to leave their homes.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Jonathan Schanzer (@JSchanzer) <a href="https://twitter.com/JSchanzer/statuses/495268041148485632" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_748" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 3:10 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#748_obama-calls-for-unconditional-release-of-captured-israeli-soldier" name="748_obama-calls-for-unconditional-release-of-captured-israeli-soldier" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Obama Calls For Unconditional Release Of Captured Israeli Soldier</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President Barack Obama took questions during a briefing at the White House on Friday, where he addressed the situation in Israel.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Obama reiterated his support for Israel's right to defend itself and condemned Hamas and Palestinian militants after a cease-fire in the Gaza conflict unraveled on Friday. He also called for the release of an Israeli soldier being held captive.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I think it's important to note that we have, and I have, unequivocally condemned Hamas and the Palestinian factions that were responsible for killing two Israeli soldiers and abducting a third almost minutes after a cease-fire had been announced," Obama said, noting the U.N. has condemned them, as well.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"I want to make sure that they are listening. If they are serious about trying to resolve this situation, that solider needs to be unconditionally released as soon as possible," Obama continued.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Obama called the conflict "heartbreaking" and said he wants to see "everything possible done" to make sure Palestinian civilians aren't being killed in the conflict.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read the full story <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/obama-israel_n_5642213.html?1406919963" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">here.</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_747" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 3:00 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#747_obama-ceasefire-efforts-will-continue-will-take-some-time" name="747_obama-ceasefire-efforts-will-continue-will-take-some-time" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Obama: Ceasefire Efforts Will Continue, Will Take Some Time</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">President Obama said in a White House news briefing that the U.S. will continue to make efforts to achieve a new ceasefire, but acknowledged "its going to take some time."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Its going to be very hard," Obama told reporters, blaming Hamas for the collapse of the previous ceasefire when an Israeli soldier was abducted in the Gaza Strip.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_746" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 2:56 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#746_obama-israel-has-right-to-defend-itself" name="746_obama-israel-has-right-to-defend-itself" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Obama: Israel Has Right To Defend Itself</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-10" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck" data-twttr-rendered="true" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Obama: Israel has a right to defend itself. No country would tolerate rockets and tunnel attacks</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarakRavid/statuses/495281765917798401" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_745" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 2:28 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#745_israel-censor-wants-to-preapprove-new-york-times-coverage-of-soldier" name="745_israel-censor-wants-to-preapprove-new-york-times-coverage-of-soldier" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Israel Censor Wants To Pre-Approve New York Times Coverage Of Soldier</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Huffington Post's Michael Calderone <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/israel-new-york-times-censor_n_5641905.html?1406916028" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">reports</a> that the New York Times<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/02/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-conflict.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">received a request</a> from the Israeli military to withhold publishing further information about the soldier reportedly abducted by Palestinian militants until it was reviewed by a censor.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Calderone notes:</span></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In April, the Times acknowledged withholding news that a 23-year-old Palestinian journalist had been arrested because of an Israeli court-imposed gag order. At the time, Jerusalem Bureau Chief Jodi Rudoren <a href="http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/gag-order-from-israeli-court-raises-questions/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">told</a> Times’ Public Editor Margaret Sullivan that the paper is “indeed, bound by gag orders.”</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read the whole story <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/israel-new-york-times-censor_n_5641905.html?1406916028" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">here</a>.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_744" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 1:27 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#744_2-palestinians-killed-in-west-bank-clashes" name="744_2-palestinians-killed-in-west-bank-clashes" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">2 Palestinians Killed In West Bank Clashes</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.trust.org/item/20140801170230-de1dh" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink"><span style="color: black;">From Reuters:</span></a></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in clashes in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian medical officials said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The violence erupted when a few thousand Palestinians took to the street to protest at Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip. Both men were killed by live fire in two separate incidents, Palestinian medical officials said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">An Israeli military spokeswoman said troops shot one man in the city of Tulkarm after violence got out of control, with protesters throwing stones and petrol bombs at soldiers. The spokeswoman said she was looking into the second incident.</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_743" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 1:26 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#743_photo-clashes-in-the-west-bank" name="743_photo-clashes-in-the-west-bank" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">PHOTO: Clashes In The West Bank</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="west bank" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1943730/original.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Palestinians run for cover during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a protest against the war in the Gaza Strip, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_742" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 12:37 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#742_kerry-calls-on-turkey-and-qatar-help-free-captured-israeli-soldier" name="742_kerry-calls-on-turkey-and-qatar-help-free-captured-israeli-soldier" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Kerry Calls On Turkey And Qatar Help Free Captured Israeli Soldier</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-seeks-urgent-qatari-turkish-help-free-israeli-155948944.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">From Reuters</a>:</span></span></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">RAMSTEIN Germany (Reuters) - Fearing an escalation of violence in Gaza, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called on Turkey and Qatar on Friday to use their influence to secure the release of an Israeli soldier whose reported abduction led to the collapse of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kerry called Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammed al Attiyah and Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu soon after an aide informed him of reports of the abduction, and the killings of two Israeli soldiers, while flying back from a visit to India. The incidents led to the quick breakdown of a ceasefire Kerry had worked hard to broker.</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_741" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 12:30 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#741_gaza-death-toll-rises" name="741_gaza-death-toll-rises" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Gaza Death Toll Rises</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The death toll in Gaza has passes 1,500, Gaza's health ministry said. More than 50 people were killed on Friday.</span></div> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-11" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck" data-twttr-rendered="true" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Death toll in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#Gaza</a> since Israel offensive began passes 1,500 with 53 people killed on Friday - Gaza health ministry <a href="http://t.co/yzd6x3hjem" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://t.co/yzd6x3hjem</a></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCBreaking/statuses/495244130000576513" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_740" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 12:25 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#740_photo-destroyed-homes-in-gaza-town" name="740_photo-destroyed-homes-in-gaza-town" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">PHOTO: Destroyed Homes In Gaza Town</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="gaza" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1943557/original.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Palestinians inspect the damage of their destroyed houses following Israeli strikes in the village of Khuzaa, south Gaza, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_739" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 12:16 PM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#739_un-chief-condemns-end-of-ceasefire" name="739_un-chief-condemns-end-of-ceasefire" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">UN Chief Condemns End Of Ceasefire</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-12" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck" data-twttr-rendered="true" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Breaking?src=hash" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#Breaking</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UN?src=hash" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#UN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/secgen" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">@secgen</a> "has no means to verify exactly what happened," but condemns the "reported violation by <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#Hamas</a>" of ceasefire. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">#Israel</a></span></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Michael Wilner (@mawilner) <a href="https://twitter.com/mawilner/statuses/495239656108068864" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_738" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 11:37 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#738_senate-approves-additional-iron-dome-funding-for-israel" name="738_senate-approves-additional-iron-dome-funding-for-israel" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Senate Approves Additional Iron Dome Funding For Israel</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/senate-iron-dome-funding_n_5641627.html" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank"><span style="color: black;">From the Associated Press:</span></a></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved 5 million to replenish Israel's missile defense system, and House approval is expected before lawmakers begin a summer break.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The money will go to restocking Israel's Iron Dome defense, which has been credited with shooting down dozens of incoming rockets fired by Hamas during a three-week war.</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_737" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 11:20 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#737_kerry-condemns-outrageous-palestinian-violations-of-ceasefire" name="737_kerry-condemns-outrageous-palestinian-violations-of-ceasefire" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Kerry Condemns 'Outrageous' Palestinian Violations Of Ceasefire</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-13" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck" data-twttr-rendered="true" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">BREAKING: Kerry condemns 'outrageous' Palestinian violations of Gaza ceasefire.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/statuses/495226163460313088" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_736" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 11:19 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#736_palestinian-president-sending-officials-to-cairo-for-ceasefire-talks" name="736_palestinian-president-sending-officials-to-cairo-for-ceasefire-talks" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Palestinian President Sending Officials To Cairo For Ceasefire Talks</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is sending a delegation of officials -- from Hamas, Fatah and other parties -- to Cairo on Saturday morning for talks on a new ceasefire "whatever the security conditions," <a href="http://wafa.ps/arabic/index.php?action=detail&id=180722" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_735" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 10:46 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#735_israelgaza-conflict-puts-interfaith-relations-to-the-test" name="735_israelgaza-conflict-puts-interfaith-relations-to-the-test" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Israel-Gaza Conflict Puts Interfaith Relations To The Test</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Huffington Post's Jaweed Kaleem <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/31/israel-gaza-interfaith-muslim-jewish_n_5638602.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">reports </a>on how the conflict in Gaza is putting long-standing interfaith relations in the U.S. to the test. "It's the 800-pound elephant in the room when we [Muslims and Jews] get together," said prominent New York mosque leader Imam Shamsi Ali.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read the full story on the Huffington Post <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/31/israel-gaza-interfaith-muslim-jewish_n_5638602.html" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">here.</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_734" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 10:27 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#734_hamas-backtracking-on-soldiers-capture" name="734_hamas-backtracking-on-soldiers-capture" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Hamas Backtracking On Soldier's Capture</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-14" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twttr-rendered="true" lang="en" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hamas political wing backtracking from previous acknowledgement of capture of IDF soldier</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChemiShalev/statuses/495209784615112704" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_733" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 10:07 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#733_comparing-the-current-conflict-with-previous-eruptions-in-violence" name="733_comparing-the-current-conflict-with-previous-eruptions-in-violence" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Comparing The Current Conflict With Previous Eruptions In Violence</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The New York Times has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/31/world/middleeast/in-gaza-a-pattern-of-conflict.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">created</a>an interactive timeline comparing the current conflict in Gaza with previous instances in 2012 and 2008-9. The feature shows common patterns in the periodic eruption of violence, and also some key differences.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Explore the whole piece <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/31/world/middleeast/in-gaza-a-pattern-of-conflict.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink">here</a>.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_732" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 10:00 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#732_afp-palestinian-shot-dead-in-west-bank" name="732_afp-palestinian-shot-dead-in-west-bank" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">AFP: Palestinian Shot Dead In West Bank</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2014/Aug-01/265733-palestinian-killed-by-israeli-forces-in-west-bank-security.ashx#axzz399HLn1UB" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank"><span style="color: black;">From AFP:</span></a></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the northern West Bank on Friday, security sources told AFP.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">They said Tamer Smour, 22, was hit by a live bullet in the chest in the city of Tulkarem.</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_731" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 9:21 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#731_saudi-king-gaza-war-is-crime-against-humanity" name="731_saudi-king-gaza-war-is-crime-against-humanity" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Saudi King: Gaza War Is Crime Against Humanity</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/saudi-king-gaza-war-crime-against-humanity" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink"><span style="color: black;">The Associated Press reports:</span></a></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah says the Gaza war is a "collective massacre" that has spared no Palestinian living there and describes it as a "crime against humanity."</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">King Abdullah's remarks were read live by a news anchor on Saudi state television Friday. The aging monarch did not make an appearance.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Saudi king warns that the fighting in Gaza will lead to a generation of children who will grow up knowing nothing but the language of violence. He calls on Muslim leaders and the international community to unite against what he describes as state terrorism and terrorism by groups.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The king has been deeply involved in cease-fire talks, siding with Egypt. He held meetings with the Palestinian president, Qatar's emir and pledged million in aid for the Palestinian people.</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_730" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 9:21 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#730_white-house-abduction-would-be-outrageous" name="730_white-house-abduction-would-be-outrageous" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">White House: Abduction Would Be Outrageous</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-abduction-israeli-would-be-outrageous" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink"><span style="color: black;">From the Associated Press:</span></a></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The White House says the apparent abduction of an Israeli soldier would be an "absolutely outrageous" action by Hamas.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tony Blinken is deputy national security adviser. Blinken says the U.S. strongly condemns the alleged abduction. He says that if the soldier has been kidnapped, he must be released.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Israeli military said Friday that one of its soldiers was "feared" abducted, without providing further details. The report came as a cease-fire with Hamas collapsed just hours after it took effect.</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_729" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 9:21 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#729_gaza-family-moves-2-times-but-cant-escape-the-bombs" name="729_gaza-family-moves-2-times-but-cant-escape-the-bombs" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Gaza Family Moves 2 Times, But Can't Escape The Bombs</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Since the Israeli ground offensive started, a child has been killed approximately every 90 minutes in Gaza -- they have been among the worst affected," said Alun McDonald, spokesman for the international development organization Oxfam.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Among them are the two young al-Hallaq boys, who died with their pregnant mother, their grandmother, aunt and uncle one Sunday earlier this month.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read the full story about the al-Hallaq family on the Huffington Post <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-bombs_n_5627826.html?1406897078" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">here.</a></span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_728" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 9:06 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#728_white-house-press-secretary-condemns-hamas" name="728_white-house-press-secretary-condemns-hamas" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">White House Press Secretary Condemns Hamas</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <iframe allowtransparency="true" class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-15" scrolling="no" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 0px; margin: 0px; max-width: 550px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden; width: 1px;"></iframe><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-twttr-rendered="true" lang="en" style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">White House press secretary: Attack on Israel is a barbaric violation of the Gaza cease-fire <a href="http://t.co/LfdHqaYBF1" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://t.co/LfdHqaYBF1</a></span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">— <span class="skimlinks-unlinked" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Haaretz.com</span> (@haaretzcom) <a href="https://twitter.com/haaretzcom/statuses/495190999052726272" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">August 1, 2014</a></span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_727" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 9:06 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#727_hamas-militants-claim-soldiers-abduction" name="727_hamas-militants-claim-soldiers-abduction" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Hamas Militants Claim Soldier's Abduction</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hamas militants claimed responsibility for abducting an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip earlier Friday, Palestinian <a href="http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=717395" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">Ma'an News Agency reported.</a> They said the attack was carried out before the ceasefire deal came into effect Friday morning. The Israeli army said the abduction took place 90 minutes after the deal to pause hostilities.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_726" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 9:02 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#726_photo-unexploded-bomb-lies-on-gaza-street" name="726_photo-unexploded-bomb-lies-on-gaza-street" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">PHOTO: Unexploded Bomb Lies On Gaza Street</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img alt="gaza august" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1942947/original.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Palestinian onlookers and motorists pause to inspect an Israeli army bomb laying unexploded on the road that links northern and southern Gaza, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on August 1, 2014. (MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images)</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_725" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 8:57 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#725_more-details-on-israeli-soldiers-abduction" name="725_more-details-on-israeli-soldiers-abduction" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">More Details On Israeli Soldier's Abduction</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Times of Israel <a href="http://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-searches-frantically-for-soldier-kidnapped-in-rafah/" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank">reports </a>on the feared abduction of Israeli soldier Hadar Goldin in the Gaza Strip this morning. The Israeli newspaper, quoting military officials, says gunmen emerged from a tunnel to ambush Israeli troops operating in the Rafah area in south Gaza, 90 minutes after a ceasefire deal took effect.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Israel forces realized Goldin was missing after the attack and are searching Gaza for him in a "race against time," fearing he will be taken out of the coastal enclave, a commander told the newspaper.</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_724" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 8:48 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#724_death-toll-in-rafah-rises-to-50-" name="724_death-toll-in-rafah-rises-to-50-" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">Death Toll In Rafah Rises To 50</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/01/us-mideast-gaza-toll-idUSKBN0G13ZJ20140801" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_hplink"><span style="color: black;">From Reuters:</span></a></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The number of Palestinians killed when Israeli forces shelled southern Gaza on Friday has risen to 50, the Gaza health ministry said.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Medhat Abbas, director of the Ministry of Health, said: "Over 50 were killed and 220 wounded in Rafah."</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="liveblog_entry" id="entry_723" style="border-left-color: white; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); border-top-style: solid; border-width: 1px 0px 0px 2px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 13px 0px 9px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 570px;"> <div class="en_US share_marker" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; float: right; height: 17px; margin: -7px 0px 0px !important; padding: 1px 5px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Share +</span></div> <div class="lb_heading" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: bold; margin: 5px 15px 7px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="time" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Today 8:48 AM EDT</span></div> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/01/gaza-war-72-hour-cease-fire_n_5640524.html#723_un-urges-gaza-militants-to-recommit-to-truce" name="723_un-urges-gaza-militants-to-recommit-to-truce" sl-processed="1" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="lb_title" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black;">UN Urges Gaza Militants To Recommit To Truce</span></span></a></div> <div class="lb_body" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 15px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/08/01/us-mideast-gaza-serry-idUSKBN0G13XM20140801" sl-processed="1" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="blank"><span style="color: black;">From Reuters:</span></a></div> <blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(175, 175, 175); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 5px 0px; padding: 7px; quotes: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(Reuters) - The United Nations urged Palestinian parties to reaffirm their commitment to a 72-hour Gaza ceasefire that came into force earlier on Friday.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">U.N. Special Coordinator Robert Serry said an incident in the Rafah area of the Gaza Strip, in which two Israeli soldiers and a number of Palestinians were reportedly killed, would if corroborated constitute a serious violation of the ceasefire by Gazan militant factions.</span></div> <div style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-top: 8px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Serry "urges the Palestinian parties to last night's understanding to urgently reaffirm their commitment to the humanitarian ceasefire" a statement said.</span></div> <div class="ql" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="qr" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </blockquote> </div> </div> </div> <div class="center" id="liveblog_footing" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="more" style="border: 1px solid rgb(223, 223, 223); box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="" id="more" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: auto; padding: 8px 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">More</span></a></div> </div> </div>

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