An Israeli soldier stands guard in the West Bank city of Hebron 25 June 2014. (Photo:Reuters)
An Israeli soldier is missing in the Gaza Strip and presumed dead, local media quoted the military as saying on Tuesday, two days after the Islamist Hamas group announced they had captured a soldier during clashes.
Israel's Channel 10 News said the military believed the man was killed along with six other troops in an attack on an armoured vehicle on Sunday. However, the army has only identified six bodies.
Israel on Thursday launched a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip. The deadliest massacre in five years in Palestine has killed almost 550 Palestinians, many of them civilians,women and children.
*This story has been edited by Ahram Online.
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