Israel now says a missing soldier is dead, after accusing Hamas of kidnapping the young man – An infected Ebola doctor arrives on US soil – Dozens are killed in a factory blast, five are arrested – And a lot more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Israel now says a missing soldier actually was killed in action on Friday – instead of being kidnapped by Hamas, as was previously alleged.  Defense officials met with the family of 23-year old Hadar Goldin to break the bad news.  The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) had previously said that Hamas had kidnapped Goldin, which Hamas denied, prompting US President Barack Obama to condemn Hamas.  The incident involving Goldin was the breaking point that ended the most recent attempt at a cease-fire in Gaza.

Venezuela is offering to set-up orphanages and adoptions for Palestinian children who were left parentless in the Gaza conflict.  “We will welcome them with love, and in coordination with the Palestinian government.  We will find these little girls and boys Venezuelan parents,” said President Nicolas Maduro announced at the end of the Socialist Party Congress in Caracas.  It’s not clear if the Gaza authorities have agreed to this.

Australian and Dutch investigators used sniffer dogs to locate and recover more human remains and belongings from the crash site of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine.  They didn’t give details on how many were found, but the process of recovering some 80 missing remains is likely to take weeks. Flight 17 was shot down with what the West says was a Russian-made missile fired by pro-Russian separatists rebels, killing all 298 passengers and crew, including 38 Australians.

Chinese police arrested five people in the car parts factory explosion that killed some 68 people in the eastern province of Jiangsu.  Some 200 people were injured and suffered burns, many of whom where photographed outside the factory shortly after the disaster.  One doctor on the scene said, “In my 20 years of work, I’ve never seen so many patients with burns on over 80% of their bodies.”

With assistance, Ebola-infected Dr. Kent Brantly walked out of a specially outfitted ambulance and into Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital – the first person to be transported to America to be treated for the dreaded and often fatal disease.  He wore a complete isolation suit to prevent it from spreading, because Ebola is easily transmitted through contact with a patient’s bodily fluids.  A second American who was also infected with Ebola while working in the relief effort in Liberia is expected to follow shortly.  Ebola has killed more than 728 in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea.

Journalists in Mexico are blasting the government for a new law that restricts crime reporting in northwestern Sinaloa state.  It bans journalists from taking pictures and recording video or audio at a crime scene, forcing them to rely on official releases from the cops and prosecutors.  Violence caused by the drug cartels is out of control in Sinaloa state, and crime is quite simply the biggest story in the region.  Critics suspect President Enrique Pena Nieto is trying to downplay news about the drug wars as a way to attract international investment.

Russia is urging calm after 15 soldiers died in clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.  The former Soviet republicans have been trading shots over the border for a couple of weeks, leading up to this weekend’s fighting.  Armenia depends on Russia for trade and has backed Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.  Azerbaijan, like Ukraine, has tried to ally itself with the west.

Michael Johns, the Australian who made it to the finals of the “American Idol” talent show during the seventh season is dead at age 35, according to Fox Television in Los Angeles.  The cause of death was not immediately available.  Johns was born in Perth, and moved to Los Angeles where he pursued a career in Music.  His exit from the show was controversial to say the least, as he was a fan favorite for his knock-out rendition of Aerosmith’s “Dream On”.