they did not mention the kidnapping of a soldier, though that would be one of hamas primary objectives. one of the reasons they have dug so many tunnels so deeply from the gaza strip under the border into israeli territory has been with the express purpose of capturing israelis, soldiers or civilians, bringing them back to gaza, holding them hostage and exchanging them later for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails, in the case of corporal shalit who was held for five years and eventually exchanged for more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners. the palestinian government have come out of this tunnels and been killed by israeli defense forces were found to be carrying handcuffs as well as a sleep-inducing drug which presumably would be used to put to sleep israeli hostages so that they could be dragged handcuffed back through the tunnels. listen, one argument that the prime minister made in his
says this is a quote, moment of truth for russian president vladimir putin, drawing a line between moscow and the rebels in ukraine suspected of shooting that airliner down. and in another part of the world, hamas militants in gaza say they have a prisoner and he is an israeli soldier. there is no confirmation of that yet from israel s military, though. our viewers just looking at images coming to us from gaza, where people are cheering that news. let s get right to gaza city, where charl where karl penhaul is. it is the middle of the night and we see people cheering that news that hamas has, they say, taken an israeli member of the israeli military prisoner. if that claim is verified, let s talk about how that may alter the situation between hamas and israel, because we know how dear these soldiers are to israel. when you think back to 2006, an israeli soldier captured, held in captivity for five years, released in 2011 in exchange for
enable the effective demilitarization of the gaza strip, similar to what happened with the syrian chemical weapons. they were taken out of the arsenal of syrian dictator bashar al assad by the international community. so hamas would remain in gaza and maybe would even get some incentives in terms of economic support, but it would no longer have the rockets capable of hitting israeli cities. just heard from the former israeli ambassador to the u.s. i want to get perspective from the palestinian side. joining me is the executive director of the palestine center here in washington. yousef, i wonder if we could start first with this claim that hamas has captured an israeli soldier. michael oren, the former israeli ambassador to the u.s., told me a primary objective of this would be to take israelis hostage as a bartering tool down the road. how do you respond to that? i think first of all, let s keep in mind that this is not, if the claim is, in fact, true,
time and again, civilians are being massacred in their own homes. you know, entire familis are being eliminated. again, there is simply no justification for this in any way. just very quickly before i let you go, do you see any end to this? because israeli officials have now talked about demilitarizing hamas. that would seem to signal a l g long-term operation inside gaza territory. i think the only way that you are going to see an end to this and the israelis have attacked gaza in several instances in 2008, 2009, 2012 and now it s clear that there s no military solution to this. there has to be a serious attempt to address the legitimate grievances of the palestinian population in the gaza strip. this is a population that should not be collectively punished under siege. unfortunately, if anyone thinks that there can be sustainable quiet as the israeli prime minister says, while the civilian population is treated
and in an hbo production of the satirical barbarians at the gate. in 2000 he was back on the big screen in space cowboy. the easygoing actor returned to television in eight simple rules in 2003. the following year he co-starred in the notebook which was an instant hit and endeared him to a new audience. i ride ead to her and she remembers. reporter: his ability to excel in television and film made him an easy choice to be honored by the screen actors guild with a lifetime achievement award in 2004. the father of two who remained married to his wife lois for nearly 60 years won t soon be forgotten. coming up tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern, don lemon will have the latest from the investigation into what happened to flight 17 and israel s reaction to hamas claim it has captured one of the soldiers.