The Israeli military says reports of another soldier abducted are false

October 2nd, 2009 US soldier dies in mortar attack in IraqBAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in a mortar attack at Baghdad's Camp Liberty.

August 25th, 2009 Gaza official: 3 dead, 7 hurt in Israel air strikeGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli air strike on a smuggling tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Tuesday killed three Palestinians and wounded seven, a Palestinian Health Ministry official said. The official, Dr.

August 23rd, 2009 US military: American soldier killed in IraqBAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of injuries sustained during an attack on a U.S.

August 16th, 2009 Israeli soldier stole from military chief's officeJERUSALEM — The military says an Israeli soldier stole a decorative pistol and a credit card from the office of the chief of staff. The story of the July burglary surfaced last week, but the military disclosed only on Sunday that the theft occurred in the office of the chief of staff.

August 13th, 2009 Israel investigating report soldier kidnappedJERUSALEM — Police set up dozens of roadblocks across central Israel on Thursday as the military said it was investigating a report that one of its soldiers may have been kidnapped. The alert was sounded after a female soldier reported seeing another soldier being forced into a car outside an army base, the army said.

July 6th, 2009 Hamas cartoon mocks captured Israeli soldierJERUSALEM — Hamas TV in Gaza has broadcast a short animated movie mocking an Israeli soldier captured by the militant Islamic group three years ago. Israeli media played excerpts of the movie Monday.

July 1st, 2009 Rome gives citizenship to seized Israeli soldierROME — Rome has given honorary citizenship to an Israeli soldier kidnapped by militants linked to Gaza's militant Islamic Hamas group three years ago. Sgt. Gilad Schalit's father, Noam Schalit received the honor at a city hall ceremony Wednesday.

June 23rd, 2009 Israel to free Palestinian parliament speakerJERUSALEM — Israel's prison service says it is freeing the Hamas-affiliated speaker of the Palestinian parliament after nearly three years in jail. Abdel Aziz Duaik was one of dozens of Hamas politicians arrested after Hamas-linked militants captured an Israeli soldier in June 2006.

May 8th, 2009 Israeli soldier killed in West Bank clashJERUSALEM — The military says an Israeli soldier has been shot to death in a clash in the West Bank. The military says he was shot before dawn Thursday while troops were trying to quell rioting in the village of Bir Zeit near Ramallah.

April 22nd, 2009 US soldier killed in Baghdad, military saysBAGHDAD — The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in Iraq.

March 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A US court has ordered Iran to pay $25 million plus interest to the family of an Israeli soldier kidnapped and killed by Hamas 15 years ago. Nachshon Wachsman, a 19-year-old soldier with both US and Israeli citizenship, was kidnapped by four members of Hamas in 1994, while waiting for a ride on a street in Lod, Israel.

February 25th, 2009 TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has sacked Amos Gilad, who was the head of ceasefire talks in Gaza with the militant group Hamas, media reports said Tuesday. Gilad, who is also the head of military policy and security at Israel's defence ministry, was sacked after he publicly criticized the prime minister for trying to include the release of a captured Israeli soldier as a pre-condition for a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip.

January 26th, 2009 GAZA/JERUSALEM - One Israeli soldier was killed and three others wounded Tuesday morning near the border between Israel and the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. Residents in the area east of central Gaza said a bomb detonated near the fence of the border.

January 11th, 2009 GAZA - The Islamic Hamas movement's armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, Monday claimed that an Israeli soldier kidnapped by its fighters was killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza Strip. In a statement sent to media through e-mail, the group said four of its fighters who succeeded in kidnapping the Israeli soldier were also killed in the attack.

January 2nd, 2009 GAZA CITY - An Israeli airstrike on a mosque in the northern Gaza Strip late Saturday afternoon killed 11 people and wounded 50, 24 of them seriously, Palestinian sources reported. An Israeli military spokesman had no immediate comment on the report, which comes on the eighth day of an Israeli offensive, mainly conducted through aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip.