as i have been speaking with you, sir hale, i can hear the constant thud of it shelling. far from where i am in the east of the gaza strip starting to see a bit of conflict as well, but again, as we have been saying, the rafah area has seen intention fighting. 40 people killed there already. >>> let's go for the moment. thank you. we will come back to you in a moment. let me go back to shots live of gaza. smoke on the horizon there. but, also, great concern about what's going on in the certainly border areas with israel. let's go back to james. james, is in west beirut, our diplomatic editor. james, there were several issues here of if there is a soldier that's becaptured. we have see the highest number of israeli fatalities in the war with gaza. and kidnapped soldiers are huge b battering tools when it comes to palestinian negotiations as well. if this soldier has been kidnapped, it raises grave concerns about the operation conce considering there was heavy israeli shelling just before the ceasefire began. >> absolutely so. and while you have been speaking to imtaz, more