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A single incident at the weekend – the reported capture by Hamas on 1 August of an Israeli soldier through a tunnel – illustrated in stark fashion the layers of deception Israel has successfully cast over its attack on Gaza.
On 3 August, as the army indicated it would start limited withdrawals, Israel claimed that the soldier, Hadar Goldin, was dead, possibly buried in a collapsed tunnel as Israel bombarded the area in which he was seized. His family said he was being left behind.
As occurs so often, many Western journalists followed Israel’s lead. The front page of the London Times blared: “Kidnapped in Gaza”, while the Boston Globe called him the “abducted Israeli soldier” …. http://www.redressonline.com