Heavy fighting in southern Gaza; mortars fired at communities near Gaza border hours after cease-fire called; IDF releases names of soldiers killed Thursday.

By Haaretz | Aug. 1, 2014 | 5:26 PM

Indications suggest an Israeli soldier has been taken captive by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, the IDF Spokesman said Friday at noon, hours after a 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire agreed upon by Israel and Hamas collapsed after holding for less than two hours.

Mortar shells fired from within the Gaza Strip landed near a border-region town some two hours after the truce deal brokered by the United States and the EU kicked in, and shortly thearafter Palestinian medical sources reported that at least 25 Gaza residents were killed and dozens of others wounded by IDF artillery fire directed at the southern Strip.

The names of the five Israeli soldiers killed by Palestinian mortar fire near the Gaza Strip border were released by the IDF. The number of Israeli military fatalities now stands at 61.

Sixteen Palestinians were killed by IDF fire overnight and in the early morning in Khan Yunis, according to Gaza medical sources. Nine of the deceased belong to Al-Farah family, of which four are children aged 4 to 12.

According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the Palestinian death toll since fighting began is now at over 1,450, and the number of wounded has risen to over 8,200.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.608331

CNN:
The soldier was "abducted" by Palestinian militants during an attack in Gaza in which two other Israeli soldiers died, Israeli military Lt. Col. Peter Lerner told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. The soldiers were decommissioning a tunnel at the time, Lerner said.

Onyocha: CNN:
The soldier was "abducted" by Palestinian militants during an attack in Gaza in which two other Israeli soldiers died, Israeli military Lt. Col. Peter Lerner told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. The soldiers were decommissioning a tunnel at the time, Lerner said.

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But the Hamas military wing said they don't know the whereabouts of the Israeli soldier