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Israel warns of ‘long war’ over captured soldier

Israel warned the governing Palestinian faction Hamas that the “sky will fall on them” if they harm a captured soldier after a deadline passed on Tuesday for the Jewish state to accept a prisoner exchange. While Israeli tanks and infantry massed along the Gaza Strip’s northern border for a threatened ground incursion, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the campaign to free Corporal Gilad Shalit could turn into “a long war.” Full Story