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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jason Burke in Jerusalem

Depleted Hamas focuses on desperate new aim: capturing an Israeli soldier

Israeli soldiers walk by the entrance to a hospital in Khan Younis
The capture of an Israeli soldier – or their remains –would offer significant new leverage for Hamas. Photograph: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

As Hamas intensifies its insurgent campaign against Israeli forces in Gaza, it is focusing on a new aim: capturing an Israeli soldier.

Last week, an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) sergeant was killed in Khan Younis in southern Gaza in an attempted abduction. Hamas militants also tried to take away the remains of 25-year-old Abraham Azulay but abandoned the effort when attacked by other Israeli forces.

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