Palestinian Islamic Jihad loses contact with group holding Israeli soldier

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Tuesday announced that it has lost contact with its own guards that are holding an Israeli soldier captive in Gaza. 

PIJ said it does not know the fate of Rom Braslavski or those who were assigned to keep him alive. 

Fighting factions in Gaza, including Hamas, have often lost contact with one another and their own teams as they turn to more primitive communication methods to avoid detection and surveillance.