Gilad Shalit Released

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Gilad Shalit after his release (Photo: IDF/Wiki Commons)

Gilad Shalit after his release (Photo: IDF/Wiki Commons)

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Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has arrived back in Israel following his release from five years of captivity, as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

Sergeant Shalit was taken from Gaza to Egypt, and then to an airbase in Israel where he was reunited with his family.

Meanwhile the first of 477 Palestinians to be released have arrived in Gaza and the West Bank, amid jubilant scenes.

Another 550 jailed Palestinian are to be freed next month under the deal between Israel and Hamas.

Shalit, 25, was seized in 2006 by Hamas militants who tunneled into Israel.

BBC Coverage

Gilad Shalit salutes Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after landing in IDF airbase in the center of Israel. (Photo: IDF/Wiki Commons)

Gilad Shalit salutes Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after landing in IDF airbase in the center of Israel. (Photo: IDF/Wiki Commons)

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4 comments for “Gilad Shalit Released”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Marilyn-Sunshine/670886039 Marilyn Sunshine

    Gilad Shalit Released!!!  The price was high, but he’s home safe.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HJCI7X475NRXONSYAVZWOFK6HI Jennifer

    Amongst those “prisoners” are perpetrators of the worst attacks (e.g. the Sbarro Pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem, the Dolphinarium in Tel Aviv, … ) How many will return to terror?

  • Anonymous

    I have seen Western media reports listing a handful of Palestinia­ns released who had been convicted of murder or as accomplice­s to murder. What I would like to see is a comprehens­ive evaluation of the crimes, evidence, and punishment­s of all of the over 1000 Palestinia­ns released. That should be followed by an assessment of similar informatio­n about the 6 to 10,000 Palestinia­ns still in Israeli prisons. With brief exceptions­, Western media, especially US media, have abandoned any pretense of objectivit­y in its reporting of the Palestinia­n-Israel conflict. Such lack of objectivit­y has led to an under-info­rmed or misinforme­d public, politician­s catering to resulting one-sided public viewpoints­, anti-Western bias in the Middle East and other parts of the world, and an intractabl­e
    fifty year conflict that has directly and indirectly cost thousands of
    Westerner’s lives. The West will continue to lose in many ways as long as
    this lack of reportoria­l courage and objectivit­y continues.

  • Anonymous

    I have seen Western media reports listing a handful of Palestinia­ns released who had been convicted of murder or as accomplice­s to murder. What I would like to see is a comprehens­ive evaluation of the crimes, evidence, and punishment­s of all of the over 1000 Palestinia­ns released. That should be followed by an assessment of similar informatio­n about the 6 to 10,000 Palestinia­ns still in Israeli prisons. With brief exceptions­, Western media, especially US media, have abandoned any pretense of objectivit­y in its reporting of the Palestinia­n-Israel conflict. Such lack of objectivit­y has led to an under-info­rmed or misinforme­d public, politician­s catering to resulting one-sided public viewpoints­, anti-Western bias in the Middle East and other parts of the world, and an intractabl­e
    fifty year conflict that has directly and indirectly cost thousands of
    Westerner’s lives. The West will continue to lose in many ways as long as
    this lack of reportoria­l courage and objectivit­y continues.