A number of Facebook pages bearing the name and picture of missing Israeli soldier Oron Shaul have emerged on Facebook.
The pages claim that Hamas is holding Shaul alive, and taunt Israel, saying IDF soldiers are afraid of Hamas fighters.
Other posts claim that Israel is intentionally murdering Palestinians in Gaza.
https://www.facebook.com/OronShaulGaza
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Oron-Shaul/1515469718664706
Hamas claimed on Sunday to have seized a soldier named Shaul Aron, but Israeli officials say gunmen may have simply retrieved some identifying items from the scene after the attack on the APC that killed six Golani soldiers and may have also killed Oron Shaul.
According to the IDF, Shaul and six other soldiers were in an armored personnel carrier which was hit by an anti-tank missile in Gaza on Sunday, but while the others have been identified among the remains recovered from the scene, Shaul has not.
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