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Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/28/world/middleeast/28mideast.html
Israeli Troops Move into Gaza to Rescue Captured Soldier
(Ha'aretz) Ian Fisher and Steven Erlanger - Israel sent troops into southern Gaza and its planes attacked three bridges and a power station Wednesday in an effort to prevent militants from moving a wounded Israeli soldier they abducted Sunday, Israeli Army officials said. (New York Times) "Our aim is not to mete out punishment but rather to apply pressure so that the abducted soldier will be freed. We want to create a new equation - freeing the abducted soldier in return for lessening the pressure on the Palestinians," Israeli Prime Minister Olmert said. The idea is to carry out a gradually stepped-up campaign, sources said, so as to make the diplomatic pressure on Hamas more effective.