Liveblog August 2, Day 26 of war with Hamas (closed)
Seized soldier’s family pleads not to leave him behind, as PM says Gaza op goes on
Netanyahu says IDF will redeploy according to Israel’s security needs once last tunnels demolished soon, thanks Obama for support, slams countries that are tolerant of terror; family of kidnapped soldier Hadar Goldin makes emotional appeal
By Itamar Sharon,
Ricky Ben-David,
Yifa Yaakov and Ilan Ben Zion 2 August 2014, 12:16 am 40 Edit
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Yifa Yaakov and Ilan Ben Zion 2 August 2014, 12:16 am 40 Edit
- The family of Givati Brigade officer Hadar Goldin speaks to the press, August 2, shortly before they were told of his death (screen capture: Channel 2)
- An Israeli soldier prays on a tank at a deployment area near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 2, 2014. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- Israeli soldiers take a shower at a deployment area near the border with the Gaza Strip on August 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
- Palestinians look at an unexploded Israeli missile, which witnesses said was fired by an Israeli aircraft on a street in Deir El-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on August 01, 2014. (Photo credit: Mostafa Ashqar/Flash90)
- A Palestinian youth carries damaged copies of the Quran, Islam's holy book, found in the rubble of the Imam Al Shafaey mosque, destroyed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. Israel said it hit five mosques in which rockets were hidden. (Photo credit: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
- Smoke billows from the rubble of the Imam Al Shafaey mosque, destroyed in an overnight Israeli strike in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014. Israel said it hit five mosques in which rockets were hidden. (Photo credit: AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
- Lt. Hadar Goldin, 23 from Kfar Saba, killed in Gaza on August 1, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/ Ynet News)
- Palestinian rescue workers search through the rubble following an Israeli military strike on a building in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, Friday, August 1, 2014. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
- A demonstrator waves the Palestinian flag during a protest near the Israeli embassy in central London on Friday, August 1, 2014, calling for an end to Israel's military offensive in the Gaza Strip. (photo credit: Leon Neal/AFP)
- President Barack Obama addresses reporters August 1, 2014. (photo credit: White House stream)