Eye For and Eye Continues

Israeli makes threat over captured soldier


Israeli soldiers watch as smoke rises during a controlled explosion set off Monday, June 26, 2006, by the Israeli army to seal the tunnel used by Palestinian militants yesterday to carry out an attack on a military post near Kibbutz Kerem Shalom, just outside the Gaza Strip, southern Israel. Israel on Monday awaited the results of massive diplomatic efforts to free the captive Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip, before embarking on a large military operation. Shalit was abducted during the pre-dawn raid by Palestinian gunmen using the tunnel Sunday near a Gaza border crossing. Two Israeli soldiers and three Palestinian militants were killed in the attack. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

June 26, 2006

By AMY TEIBEL, Associated Press Writer

JERUSALEM -Israel massed troops Monday along the Gaza Strip border in preparation for what Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said would be a "broad and ongoing" operation against Palestinian militants following the abduction of an Israeli soldier.

Olmert issued the threat as Israeli and Palestinian officials worked diplomatic channels to gain the release of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, a dual French-Israeli citizen who was seized in a cross-border raid Sunday. Read more...