Israeli air strike kills Israeli soldier held by PFLP, group says

An Israeli soldier being held captive by the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Gaza was killed in an Israeli air strike that had also wounded some of the captors.

In an audio speech broadcast by Al Araby television, a spokesperson for the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades group said the air strike took place following a failed attempt by Israeli commandos to free the soldier.

The spokesperson gave no details of when the soldier had been taken captive, or where he was being held in Gaza. He said the group is still holding the body of the slain soldier.