Click here to watch: Arabs Across Israel Celebrate Missing IDF Soldier
The IDF says the missing soldier who is believed to have died in the Gaza Strip on Sunday but whose body has not yet been identified is 19-year-old Oron Shaul from Poria. Shaul and six other soldiers were in an armored personnel carrier which was hit by an anti-tank missile on Sunday, but while the others have been identified among the remains recovered from the scene, Shaul has not. Hamas claimed on Sunday to have kidnapped Shaul, even publishing his name, but Israeli officials say gunmen may have simply retrieved some identifying items from the scene after the attack. The army’s investigation is ongoing.
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The armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas group claimed late Sunday that it had kidnapped an Israeli soldier, prompting celebrations in the streets of Gaza City. „The Israeli soldier Shaul Aaron is in the hands of the Qassam Brigades,” a spokesman using the nom-de-guerre Abu Obeida said in a televised address. He provided the supposed soldier’s name and ID. „He is a prisoner, and if Zionists lie about the dead and wounded, then the fate of this soldier is their responsibility,” the spokesman said. The Facebook page of Oron Shaul, a Golani soldier, has been defaced overnight with Arabic messages claiming he has been taken hostage. There have been massive celebrations in the Arab neighborhoods in and around Jerusalem following news of the soldier’s capture.
Source: Arutz Sheva
