netanyahu following a very emotional press conference by the family of that missing israeli soldier hadar goldin. believed to have been captured by hamas militants within the past few seconds, john, as were you talking to me, we had confirmation from the israeli military, the idf, that lieutenant hadar has been confirmed as killed in action. there has been meetings with the family members of lieutenant hadar goldin near tel aviv at the family home. they have been meeting with the defense minister and chief rabbi of the israeli military and other senior military officials in israel talking them through the process which has led the military to conclude this. from the statement that i just have been reading, there doesn't appear to indicate what evidence they have. it doesn't say for instance, there is a body the israelis have. clearly, they are saying at this point, they believe that this soldier, this 23-year-old hadar goldin, second lieutenant in the elite force that was exploring and trying to destroy tunnels from various locations in the southern gaza strip has now been confirmed dead. that i

. >> it was previously assumed hadar goldin had been taken prisoner by hamas but the idf says goldin was killed in battle an friday. the soldier had been part of israel's effort to find and destroy tunnels in gaza. israel accuses hamas of using the tunnels to smuggle weapons and attack israelis. prime minister netanyahu is saying the israeli military offensive will continue at full scale until peace returns to israel. >> translator: we will regroup and araunge our forces in such a way that will enable us to defend our country. we'll continue this operation until the goal is achieved. >> the overall death toll in gaza now more than 1,700 since the hostilities began last month. look at the very latest from our team who is there. simon is in jerusalem, karl penhaul in gaza. sima, we'll start with you on the situation with this soldier's death and why his situation was critical to where they are in the fighting. >> natalie, late last night outside their home in kafar, i was there when the family made an emotional appeal for the return of their son, their brother, hadar goldin. and within

. >> the idf at first said this young man, lieutenant hadar goldin had been captured and now says he was killed in combat on friday. >> goldin was part of israel's effort to find and destroy hamas tunnels. israel accuses hamas of using tunnels to smuggle weapons and attack israelis. >> saima is live with the latest developments from this day. if you could help us understand why this one soldier's story was critical to the situation. >> it was potentially the reason why the cease fire was broken. a lot oaf controversy surrounding the timing of the event. the nature of the event. of course when israel announced it had a missing soldier feared captured. they feared that goldin had been taken by hamas militants. on the other side hamas declared it didn't have the soldier. they hasn't captured him. islamic jihad, another group said they didn't have him either. israelis then carried out a series of artillery and mortar rounds in to gaza. that's when the cease fire broke down. 9:30 a.m., one and a half hours in to the 72-hour humanitarian cease fire or would be humanitarian cease fire i sho

he's a 23-year-old named hadar goldin. d doubts about whether his group is holding goldin. >> we don't have any story from our people in the field. they did not say anything about capturing an iz rally soldier or official. >> hamas claims that the israelis made the first move. local officials say more than 60 people were killed and hundreds wounded. the united nations says it has no independent means to verify exactly what happened. but the united states is backing israel's version of events. >> 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 saes-fire had been announced. >> middle east experts believe that one thing is clear, with the collapse of another saes-fire and the apparent capture of an israeli soldier, this deadly conflict is likely to drag on even longer with devastating consequences for the region and the world. tonight another palestinian militant group in gaza also denying capturing

his name is hadar goldin.y, so israeli military operations and pal tin gyins ar dead. hamas did not claim responsibility, which is not unusual. they waited weeks before kidnapping a soldier before claiming knowledge of it. late tonight, it's military wing said it has no information on lieutenant goldin. president obama late today making no

second lieutenant hadar goldin. meanwhile, praise of u.s. support for israel. he went out of his way to praise the president of the united states and secretary of state. >> translator: just untiring efforts of secretary kerry with whom i speak to several times a day and the efforts of president obama, who has made, i think, consistent statements about israel's right to defend itself. >> the prime minister says israel will do everything in its power to find that missing israeli soldier. for more on israel's plans, i want to bring in dori gold, the senior advisor to prime minister netanyahu. former ambassador to the u.n. pleasure to have you. >> thank you for having me here. >> what is the information on the missing soldier? >> that is being handled by the channels that deal with these. the minister met with the goldin family and senior officers. it is best not to speculate on this on the international media. it is something handled by the military. >> a sensitive issue right now. when the prime minister of israel says israel will regroup. i assume that means sta

that is hadar goldin. he is a second lieutenant.on of the cease-fire shortly after it began. it started with a suicide bomber with two soldiers and the other soldier was taken. hamas is saying something different. there was no such attack on their part. they do no have an israeli soldier. they say the cease-fire was maintained by air strikes after the cease-fire went to effect. you point out that the authority continues to take delegation with hamas and other groups involved in the group going to egypt. israel, it appears is saying nothing, but the media is reporting there is no such delegation. if israel doesn't go, it doesn't look positive for a cease-fire. we want to check in with cnn's john vause in gaza city. that is the other that sees the conflict. john. >> reporter: marty, in the last few moments, we are being told that palestinians who live in the area of the north of the gaza strip around the area in the northern part of gaza, the idea telling them they can actually return home. they won't be allowed to go to the north are

meanwhile funeral services are being held in israel today for second lieutenant hadar goldin, he was thought captured but now it's been confirmed that he was killed. >> reporter: that second lieutenant, hadar goldin in rafa. throughout the day, according to palestinian ministry of health officials, more than 120 people at this point, and that number is fluid, that could be changing as i'm speaking here. but 120 people were killed throughout gaza from israeli air strikes and artillery fire as well. now, having said that, and maybe hard to understand and comprehend, but as you mentioned, while some troops remain in gaza along the border, we're also seeing the operation, as said last night, scaled back. we saw an example of that earlier today. take a look. >> reporter: the dust is kicking up as now the armored personnel carriers are being moved out going back to wherever they're based, wherever they're stationed is now after 27 days, operation protective edge is slowly winding down. while some fighting continues, israel's military has begun redeploying troops along the gaza border. sayi

his name is hadar goldin. now a massive search is underway, so israeli military operations and pal tin gyins ar dead. hamas did not claim responsibility, which is not unusual. they waited weeks before kidnapping a soldier before claiming knowledge of it. late tonight, it's military wing said it has no information on lieutenant goldin. president obama late today making no distinctions blaming hamas and the palestinian factions responsible. >> i want to make sure that they are listening if they are serious about trying to resolve this situation, that soldier needs to be unconditionally released as soon as possible. >> tonight, what was intended to be the first of three nights of calm in the first day of negotiating has instead become what could be a tipping point toward the worst. jim sciutto has new details what happened and on the search for us tonight, an up close view of the military operations that followed and continue in the night. first to john voss, what's the latest there? >> reporter: well, anderson,

the idf says hadar goldin died in a battle in gaza on friday. he israelis had accused hamas of capturing goldin but the militant group never confirmed they had him. >> fresh shelling taking place a few minutes ago in gaza while we had a reporter live this was happening in the background. more than 1700 palestinians have been killed since the conflict began almost four weeks ago. 9,000 more injured. that's according to officials in gaza. >>> a second american infected with ebola will be in the united states early next week. saturday dr. kent brantly made history as the first known carrier of the virus to be treated on u.s. soil. these images that we're showing you show him entering the hospital in atlanta with little assistance, as you can see. his wife even got to talk to him for 45 minutes, although they were separated by glass. >>> international investigators plan to return to the crash site of malaysia airlines flight 17 later today. they recovered more victims' remains and belongings on saturday. investigators heard mortar fire but determine

the idf said hadar goldin died in battle on friday.he israelis had accused hamas of capturing him but the militant group never confirmed they had him. >> palestinian officials say more than 1700 people have died in gaza. the newest death toll came after khaled mashal rejected israel's account of friday's broken cease fire. he told cnn hamas would not allow israeli forces to continue to destroy tunnels there. >>> a hospital here in atlanta is treating the first known ebola patient ever in the united states. that is him getting out of the back of the ambulance. the spishlly equipped airplane flew the doctor from liberia. he was able to walk in to the hospital wearing the biohazard suit and we haven't heard anything about his condition at this point. >>> international investigators are using cadaver dogs to scour the crash site in ukraine. they recovered more remains and belongings on friday. they determined the fighting in the area did not threaten their safety. >>> the leader of hamas tells cnn, israel's destruction of tunnels in gaza d

eyes now as part of the military is focused on trying to locate one of their own, 23-year-old hadar goldinmissing yesterday in what israel maintains was a gross violation of the 72-hour humanitarian cease-fire that had barely begun, when they say hamas militants launched a suicide attack, killed two israeli soldiers and another went missing. hamas said it did nothing of the sort and does not hold an israeli soldier. military operations in southern gaza is focused on intel and trying to locate the wheres about of this particular soldier at this particular time. egypt says it is standing by ready to host potential cease-fire talks if they get started again. much of the world, including the united states, is condemning hamas for what it says was the violation that pretty much ended any hopes for an immediate cease-fire. let's go back to christi and miguel. >> martin savidge, we appreciate the update from jerusalem. thank you. >>> hamas continues to deny that it captured an israeli soldier. for israel, the blame, clear. >> cnn's brian todd has a look at the idf's exhaustive efforts to get hada

>> second lieutenant hadar goldin. >> from a suburb of tel aviv. was the incident that occurred on the israeli side of the tunnel or the gaza side of the tunnel? >> it all took place within the gaza strip in the areas where we were operating in recent days, indeed they were on defensive positions dealing with decommissioning a tunnel. this is something we said we would be doing throughout the cease-fire, because these tunnels as has been proven in this incident, are a serious threat. this is what they've said they would do time and time again. this is a mo dous operandi of these people and what we're up against. >> they said the agreement spelled out by the u.s. and the u.n., the secretary of state said israel had to remain within its lines but could do g on defensive a and continue the decommissioning or destruction of those tunnels. was that within israel's lines that incident that occurred where these two israeli soldiers were killed and one was captured? >> absolutely. we were operating in order to decommission the tunnels that have one goal, t

israel assumes hadar goldin was captured and president obama is pointing the finger at hamas. hamas says it doesn't have goldin, but lost contact with fighters in the area where the soldier was reportedly taken. meantime, congress has approved another $225 million for israel's iron dome defense system. i have mark with me now. mark, i have watched many appearances of you on cnn. it is important to underscore the american opinion on the ongoing israeli efforts. as an american father of four, i worry that regardless of how it all began, the net effect is to create yet another generation of palestinians growing up to hate israel and to hate the united states. kids who 20 years from now will turn terrorist and pose safety risks to americans and israelis. how do we end that cycle? >> michael, i think the opposite could be true. we know that in the large arab world of the new york times that did a piece of that yesterday and the palestinian society that people are angry with hamas. they are fed up with the radical agenda and its violence and its violence that doesn't just hurt israe

the missing soldier, 23-year-old lieutenant hadar goldin, engaged to be married, his twin brother in the army too. and his father confident. >> we are certain the army will not stop. and will bring hadar back home, safe and sound. >> reporter: president obama today demanding lieutenant goldin's return. >> that soldier has to be unconditionally released as soon as possible. >> reporter: we saw firsthand this week how wary israeli forces are of these tunnels. guns drawn, pointed down the shaft, ready for anything. but you won't go in? >> no. >> reporter: assumption, booby trapped. >> assumption, booby trapped and maybe terrorists inside. >> reporter: but today, at a u.n. shelter here in gaza, palestinians told us the capture of an israeli is a triumph. >> i think this is a right for palestinians to defend themselves. >> reporter: now, with israeli forces pressing hard, looking for their comrade, the war is intensifying with no end in sight. terry moran, abc news, gaza. >>> back here in the u.s., in new york city tonight, a new development in a police action that created debate around th

i would say with the case of hadar goldin with so many israeli troops in gaza, the see of rafa beingurrounded by the army and the army going into the city row by row of buildings checking every house and every building, knocking a lot of them down at the same time, they are in a completely different position to try and at least relieve this issue through a military option. >> and what do you make of the fact that no one has claimed responsibility on the palestinian side whether hamas, islamic jihad or any other faction, for that matter, that they say they have him right now? what should we read into that, if anything? >> well, there are a couple of things. there was a very curious announcement earlier yesterday morning from one of the senior hamas people located in cairo in which he said they had abducted an israeli soldier and he also mentioned the name of the soldier. a few hours later, or even less than that, he released another statement in which he said he was wrong and he corrected himself and said we have no information about the soldier. sorry. he's originally from rafa, the

you the name of the israeli officer now believed to be in the hands of hamas, second lieutenant hadar goldin. >> the palestinian permanent observers of the united nations told us earlier he did not have any information about this soldier. it's absurd for israel top blame hamas for the carnage in gaza. >> those who are responsible for the tragedy of the people in gaza, is the israeli forces. they are the ones who are injuring the palestinians, displacing them, attacking schools and so on and so forth. they are the ones attacking the hospitals. so therefore to try to flip the story that hamas is responsible for that is so absurd, the spokesperson who said we can't trust hamas. it was his government that negotiated a cease-fire in the year 2012 and it was in place for two years. >> now, you heard wolf blitzer say a short time ago this completely changes the equation in gaza in this fighting. earlier, wolf spoke to mark regev. listen to what he said. >> our goal is to achieve peace and quiet for the people of israeli and end rocket fire and terrorist tunnels. so far, hamas has closed the door, s

we do know that the family of hadar goldin has invited all of israel to come and say good-bye to their soldier killed there and has accepted the idf's version and the announcement that hadar goldin has been killed in the operation. that is the 64th soldier who has been killed during the operation and its lasted now four weeks. we also know that there are hundreds of soldiers that have been injured. we visited some hospitals both here in southern israel and in tel aviv. and we talked to the families about the dangers of these missions. >> he's only 21. he got hurt. he's so -- his friends got killed in front of him. he lost five friends from his school. what is going to happen to him? >> he doesn't want his face shown because he's insisting on finishing his mission. helping complete israel's objective of blowing up part of the hamas tunnel network. that it says can be used to strike inside israel. and you heard from that mother. her son had shrapnel to the neck and face and was recovering in the hospital. but wanted to go back in to complete the mission. hamas for its part has said if so

. >> the search for the missing .oldier hadar goldin continues he is believed to have been captured by militants. >> a situation on the ground is much more complex. until this morning we had two main goals -- to a deal -- to thenwith the tunnels, addressed the rocket threat, and now we have a third component, to bring him home. contact inthey lost the area where he went missing. israel remains convinced that he is still alive and is stepping up efforts to track him down. >> the situation in libya is now much worse than the 2011 civil war. fleeingwhat refugees the country say. --itia has been gathering battling for control. foreign governments have urged citizens to leave. the greek navy has evacuated almost 200 foreign nationals from libya. its warship is now docked in athens. the u.s. senate is due to release a report on interrogation methods used in the aftermath of the september 11 attacks and it is expected to say the harsh measures used did not yield any significant intelligence information, but president barack obama, once a vocal opponent of the course of methods used on terror

the idf says that hadar goldin died in battle in gaza on friday. the israelis accused hamas of capturing goldin but the ilitant group never confirmed they had him. >>> shelling in gaza continued. just about an hour ago, the death number now 1700 palestinians killed since this conflict began almost four years ago. and this num sber stber is stag. almost 10,000 injured. >> a second american infected with ebola will be in the united states early next week. saturday, doctors -- dr. kent brantly made history as the first known carrier of the virus to be treated on u.s. soil. we want to show you these images apparently showing the doctor entering an atlanta hospital with little assistance. his wife even got to talk to him for about 45 minutes, although they were separated by glass. >>> the leader of hamas says the militant group has the right to defend gaza from invading israeli forces. khalid meshaal sat down for an exclusive interview with cnn in qatar. nic robertson joins us from our bureau in abu dhabi with what he had to say and talked about what ca

second lieutenant hadar goldin is no longer listed as captured, but is listed as dead. his funeral will take place in a few hours from now. some of the israeli media reporting that he may well have died as a result of the israeli bombardment in rafah, which continued, as you say, at the same time as the bombardment continued there and in other parts of gaza, as you heard. the israeli government is pulling out unit from other areas, the suggestion being that they condition the operations on the ground, but is preparing to bring this to an end, bus is prepared to do that at a time and manner of its own choosing. rather than the original plan, which was for an internationally backed ceasefire which collapsed on friday. >> thank you very much. we'll leave it there. james bays in west jerusalem. >>> now, fierce fighting turned libya's two biggest cities into battle ground. 22 people were killed. near tripoli oil depot firmed after shells fired by militias. they have been dealt a blow. they overian several army bases. thousands fled libya to tunisia. reports from a border cro

the israelis believe that second lieutenant hadar goldin was dragdz down a tunnel. both sides blame oer beat, the wounded flooding the hospitales, the dead following the morgues. an israeli soldier is a huge prize of war, valuable for making a deal. for 1,027 palestinian prisoners. shalit had been held captive by hamas for five years. today, there are more than 5,000 fighters have stalked israeli soldiers. here in gaza, the news that an israeli soldier was taken prisoner spread fast. "it proves our fighters are "i wish them well." told the abduction of an israeli soldier could mean that the worst of the fighting is still ahead. the israelis have warned people in rafah and surrounding neighborhoods not to leave their houses tonight and told them not to take their cars out on the street tomorrow. clearly, james, a massive search is charlie, what's been the reaction in israel? >> reporter: well, james, israeli leaders have been holding an emergency meeting most of the night to try to consider their next stepeli dset a kidnapped soldier is among the biggest fears for is

what they are saying is from their initial findings and their investigations hadar goldin was likely killed in the initial suicide blast that we were reporting killed two other soldiers. that brings the death toll from the israeli side as far as soldiers is concerned to 64, three civilians killed. the crucial details coming out are they believe he wasn't captured which is what we were led to believe the last two days and there's been a war of words between the israeli side and various militant groups and political groups in gaza. hamas saying they didn't have him. islamic jihad saying they didn't have him either. of course we know the militant wing affiliated with hamas had released a statement saying what they believe is there was some kind of fighting close to the tunnel. they had a group operating there that had confronted a group of israeli soldiers. what they are saying is they had lost contact with them on friday. they believed they were all killed in an israeli strike. of course, two sides bringing very different versions of it. the militant group saying that all of those invo

. >> reporter: israel identified him as 23-year-old second lieutenant hadar goldin. it's unclear if he's alive, dead or wounded. his father told reporters today, we are certain the israel defense force will not stop until they have turned every stone and brought hadar home. for a small country with mandatory military service, a soldier's capture is a nightmare. israel has been down this road before. nbc's martin fletcher. >> this is the beginning of a national trauma for israel, which in the past has paid almost any price to get captured soldiers home again. the last soldier captured by hamas was kept for five years. israel swapped more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners to get him home again. >> reporter: in gaza city the day began with hope. with the u.s. and u.n. brokered cease-fire in place, gazans rushed out to fish, even play on the beach. but it didn't last. gaza city is now cleared out. most people trying to stay inside. everyone here knows israel will respond heavily to search for its missing soldier. for israel this has now become far more personal. and for ga

because the missing israeli soldier who israel says was captured by hamas, lieutenant 2nd lieutenant hadar goldin is still missing. he was take be notice southern part of gaza. israeli troops still fighting there trying to find him. and what we're seeing is that the fighting here is copying but it is essentially being redeployed, massive shipped down to the southern part of gaza and away from the northern part where israel has focused on those tunnels. now, the fighting is continuing as i said, and so is the death toll. it continues to grow here. more than 1700 palestinians have been killed here in the fighting. more than half of those are civilians, many of those also children. now, prime minister netanyahu has said he wants a sustainable quiet in terms of the rockets and they will continue to try to strike at hamas. whether or not they're going to be able to completely hamas's ability to fire rockets is sort of still unknown. it's been four weeks now and hamas is still firing rockets into israel despite the heavy bombardment of gaza. but israel is saying they're not going to negotiate with hama

. >>> also today israeli soldier hadar goldin was buried. in action friday. >>> an earthquake in china has left more than 63 people dead, more than 18 injured, rescuers still searching through the rubble for victims. thousands of troops have been sent to that region and the red cross is now sending supplies. >>> a woman sexually assaulted at a community swimming pool, the attack happened friday evening at a pool on yarling court in falls church, virginia. fairfax county police say the 20-year-old victim was working at the pool friday night when a man approached her. the victim told police the man displayed a weapon and sexually assaulted her before fleeing. >> the suspect in this case has been described as a white male in his late 20s to early 30s about 5' 10 and clean shaven. >> fairfax county police want information about this man and so if you know anything, please contact them with a telephone call. >>> coming up don't drink the water warning affecting nearly a half million people in the toledo, ohio area. >> but first a surprising disco

and still no sign of the israeli soldier, 23-year-old hadar goldin. hamas suggesting he may have been killed with his captors in an israeli air strike after the attack. and downtown gaza city hit hard too today, including the islamic university, linked to hamas. israelis say they targeted this place because it was a center of hamas' weapons research and development. palestinians many of whom graduated from this university, say it was just an act of punishment. tonight, israeli prime minister netanyahu, rejecting cease-fire talks. >> israel will do whatever it must do to protect its people. >> reporter: but there are signs the israeli military is winding down, saying it's almost finished with the main objective -- destroying that network of hamas-built tunnels and pulling back some forces. while in northern gaza, residents were allowed to return home. this man, at his uncle's ruined house, but defiant. is anyone winning this war? "i believe the resistance will win, because they are defending the people," he says. it hardly looks like victory. terry mor

. >> reporter: the israeli army's other top priority-- finding hadar goldin, an israeli soldier believed to have been kidnapped by hamas. hamas denies taking goldin, and details of the abduction are vague. peter lerner is a military spokesman. was he okay when he was abducted? >> we're not certain. we know he was in close proximity of the suicide bomber that killed two other soldiers so he may be injured. he may be wounded. he may be even dead. >> reporter: it's a fate goldin's family is not willing to accept. they say the israeli military must not leave gaza without him. >> axelrod: charlie d'agata joins us now from tel aviv. charlie, you you had a chance to ask prime minister netanyahu today what it's going to take to get israel to the negotiating table. did you get an answer to that question? >> reporter: well, jim, not directly. but what he made clear is that there are no intentions for israel to negotiate with hamas any time soon. he blamed hamas for breaking this cease-fire. he vowed that israel would continue to fight in gaza, and he asked international leaders what he called resp

. >> reporter: absolutely the confirmation coming a number of hours ago that hadar goldin is now officiallyted as dead rather than captured. they had been, we were told carrying out searches in the area. i have to say our colleagues who were reporting from gaza, our team this is said it looked more like the intensification of the bombing of that area rather than a lot of searching going on. but clearly it is an area where the israeli military had control certainly in recent hours, so difficult for teams to actually get there, reporting teams to independently verify what was going on. in the israeli press some suggestions that second lieutenant goldin may have been killed by the israeli mail miliy by their mom barred. >> also, james, let's look at the diplomatic front that is happening today in cairo, we have a palestinian delegation heading to egypt. already arrived in egypt watch. do we know about what actually is going to be going on there? because the i israelis certainly don't seem to be make their way over. >> reporter: let's remind everyone of the original plan. the original plan was

hadar goldin was originally said to have been captured. for nearly a month our correspondents have been on the ground in the middle east covering the latest conflict between israel and hamas they have seen violence from air strikes to rockets. a look at the best reporting during a 27-day-long conflict "gaza witness to war" airs together. >>> ohio is without safe tap water. half a million in toledo are forced to rely on bottled water for the second straight day. officials say the water supply is contaminated. the toxin coming from algae blooms growing out of the control. this is a hardship for a lot of people. they can't shower, how are folks coping bisi onile-ere? >> it's really, really difficult for a lot of people. as you mentioned, no safe running tap water. they can't shower or wash her dishes. earlier we were able to cap up to a water description site where people were lined up for blocks and blocks and blocks waiting for water. there is a limit on this water. they can't get as much as they like. for example, a family - they'll receiv

with our world lead, israeli military forces are searching for one of their own. 2nd lieutenant hadar goldin, they believe he was taken by palestinian militants. they say it was the group hamas, but hamas says the israelis have made the story up as an excuse to engage hamas and palestinians just 90 minutes after a 72-hour cease-fire began. let's bring ing inron proposer, israeli ambassador to the united nations. thanks for coming in. does israeli know for certain that hamas is responsible for the abduction of this israeli soldier? i have not seen anything definitive although certainly those missiles you're firing upon gaza are definitive. >> the fact is an israeli soldier was abducted and kidnapped in an area controlled by hamas. this is absolutely outrageous. look at what they're saying. israel just inrent ventsed this idea of an abducted soldier? the problem is that people have to really get away from giving hamas this free pass, this romantic thing of hamas and see hamas for what it really is. it is a terrorist organization targeted to really destroy the state of israel. >> every single s

hadar goldin has been added to the list of those confirmed dead from the israeli side. what you see from the israelis, is a bombardment going on. at the same time messages in the israeli media. you are not hearing it from the prime minister, but you are hearing it from the israeli officials. they are getting near the end of the operation, that they have, as they say, decommissioned or neutralized, they are not using the word destroyed. the tunnels of hamas. at the same time you see the renewed and deployed. israel is bringing this to an end, but at a time and manner of its own choosing. >> it's not adhering to international efforts to bring it to on end. palestinian delegations in egypt. but no sign of israel showing up there as well. >> no. you are right. we have the palestinian delegation. made up of representatives from different political parties and fanctions. you have hamas in the delegation, as well as the palestinian authority and other parties talking to the egyptians. the international plan is to get everyone around the table talking about the underlying issue

. >> warner: the father of the soldier israel reported captured-- second-lieutenant hadar goldin-- saidwas hopeful his son would be returned. >> ( translated ): we want to support the israeli army and the state of israel in its fight against hamas in gaza and we are certain that the army will not stop under any circumstance, and will bring hadar back home safe and sound. >> warner: but hamas denied any knowledge of a captured soldier. and a spokesman denied breaking the cease-fire: >> ( translated ): the israeli enemy is the one that breached the truce, when israeli special forces entered the eastern side of rafah. the palestinian resistance clashed with them, and this was our right to defend ourselves, according to our understanding >> woodruff: and palestinian protesters clashed with israeli forces in the west bank. the 72-hour cease-fire was to be followed by israeli-palestinian negotiations in egypt on finding a durable solution. president obama said today the u.s. will continue pursuing that track. officials in cairo said the invitation to both parties still stands. and margaret jo

the israeli ministry of defense saying it was second lieutenant hadar goldin. he has been taken by hamas, according to the israelis. although hamas' political wing has denied it. and there's no word tonight yet from the military wing, although a hamas leader in gaza -- in cairo rather, has sort of essentially admitted to taking this second lieutenant. now, the israeli military saying they will do everything they can to get him back, to recover him. what that means exactly isn't clear. it may mean from what we're hearing right now a massive push into the southern part of gaza where he reportedly went missing earlier today. we are hearing of an expanded military operation in southern gaza right now. now, both the u.s. and the u.n. have condemned hamas for this attack and for breaking the cease-fire. secretary of state john kerry saying that it was a unilateral and grossly -- gross violation of this cease-fire. president obama weighing in today calling on hamas to release this missing soldier, to get back to negotiating. but from what we've seen now the israeli mi

. >> word came overnight that 23-year-old hadar goldin was killed in battle in the gaza strip the day he was presumed missing and kidnapped. they wouldn't go into the details. the israelis, continue their bombardment of gaza overnight hitting suspected hamas targets. and we understand know wo of those airstrikes fell outside of a u.n. protected school killing 10 people. last night prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israeli forces are close to completing one of their tasks destroying a series of tunnels, although there's no indications of direct talks with hamas a recent deployment of troops suggests that israel may be getting ready to pull back. >> i'm charlie d'agata in tel aviv. >> dr. kent brantly arrived aboard a private medical jet. he's believed to be the first person infected in the ebola virus to be brought into this country for treatment. the death toll from the african epidemic stands at more than 700. world health officials they sear not sure they have the upperhand in controlling its spread. we'll have more on this shortly. in ukraine the head of an international team

he has been named hadar goldin, a second lieutenant apparently from an elite squad of israeli troopers was investigating a tunnel entrance. the circumstances of his capture appear to have been ooze they went into this area, this house in the southern gaza strip where there was a tunnel entrance. a number of militants emerged from the tunnel. one of them a suicide bomber blew up, killed two soldiers with him. the other, militants grabbed this israeli officer, dragged him back into the tunnel and disappeared. a fierce artillery barrage in the area. israeli intelligence sources saying that they were looking hard to try and locate the missing soldier. so far they have not been able to, though. so don, just very briefly, i think what will be dependent now on the outcome will be, you know, whether they determine whether this soldier is alive or dead, hamas at this point says they believe he may have been killed in a barrage of the area by israeli forces shortly afterwards. that's of course not been confirmed. but if he is alive, the israelis have a record of doing deals for the return of the

he's israeli second lieutenant hadar goldin, taken outside a tunnel. a hamas spokesman tells cnn it does not have the soldier. let's go to wolf blitzer, live in jerusalem. any word on the efforts to find this soldier, wolf? >> they're going house to house in the raffa area, in southern gaza, looking for the soldier. they think it's critical in these early hours after he was captured, critically important to use as many israeli troops as possible to search those areas, especially underground areas that might be in place below some of those houses. so they're diligently trying to find this israeli soldier. that's priority number one. for the israelis. at the same time, they're continuing the effort to destroy these tunnels, they're continuing their effort to destroy hamas rockets and missiles. 20 or 30 have come into israeli over the past few hours, the sirens going off. the operation is intensifying. it's getting more serious as the hours go on right now. the notion that another cease-fire is going to happen any time soon is really, really remote. israe

and it captured a second lieutenant, hadar goldin, but hamas is not admitting to the disappearance of it blames israel for starting to shell gaza again. the u.n. relief and works agency said today, one of its workers was killed in a strike in gaza yesterday. today, the israeli military says it hit what it calls 200 terror targets in gaza. that includes a university, that israel says hamas was using to work on weapons. >>> israel says it is also facing attacks. the israeli military says 65 rockets have been fired into israel in the past 24 hours, and 11 were intercepted. wolf blitzer joining me live from jerusalem. wolf, what has it been like there today? >> reporter: very intense, fred, as you see. the israelis are keeping their military operations going from the air, from the sea, on the ground. hamas continues sending rockets and missiles into israel from gaza. in fact, one was sent out about 6:00 a.m. local time in towards the tel aviv area which is pretty far north, not just in the southern part of israel. so the rockets and missiles keep coming. the israelis keep their operations