“Palestinian fighters took at least 64 captives into the Gaza Strip during the unprecedented incursion into Israel that began Saturday morning,” the Washington Post reports.
“Among them were 49 people who appeared to be civilians — nine of them children — and 11 who appeared to be members of the Israeli military… In four cases, it was not possible to determine whether the captive was a civilian or soldier.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.