European diplomatic sources said Thursday that kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit will be transferred to Egypt in the coming hours or coming days.
According to the European sources, Shalit’s transfer is the first stage of an agreement between the various Palestinian factions, assisted by Egyptian mediation and done in coordination with the United States and with the support of Syria.
Shalit will be used as a “deposit” toward the completion of a prisoner exchange between the Palestinian factions.
The deal will include the exchange of prisoners and the opening of crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
According to Egyptian officials, an agreement will be signed between Fatah, Hamas and other Palestinian factions by July 7 at the latest.
The deal would put the Gaza Strip under the leadership of a joint committee subordinate to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, and not under the control of the government of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
On Tuesday Palestinian news agency Maan quoted Egyptian sources as saying that Shalit was about to be transferred from the Gaza Strip into Egypt within hours, a report that Israeli sources denied.
Shalit was kidnapped in a cross-border raid by Gaza militants on June 25, 2006, exactly three years ago.
so, it is gaza "militants" who "kidnapped" israeli "defense" soldier? devil forbid that a fighter against aggressions, invasions, and occupations wld be a resistance fighter just like a partisan in norway, greece, albania, and exyuga.
in fact, an yugo partisan was worse than a militant and was never to be kidnapped or abducted or taken prisoner; he was shot on spot.
shalit was captured only in order for the gazan partizani to exchange him for other captured partizani or even civilians who may have been abducted in spite of probability of not having anything to do with resistance except being imprisoned in a camp along with resistance people. to conclude, akiva's report is quite inaccurate and inadequate. bozhidar balkas vancouver
God willing he will be released in good health.
Mi auguro che la liberazione di Shalit,l'eventuale scambio di prigionieri, la cessazione dell'incivile(fair play, che induce all'eufemismo)blocco di Gaza, preludano alla creazione di un vero Stato Palestinese sovrano,assolutamente sovrano, con frontiere, ,acqua,risorse energetiche non depredate ,spazio aereo,esercito,etc etc) non per concessione dell'occupante, ma per rispetto delle leggi internazionali, finora , non soltanto disattese, ma ignorate, con la complicita' attiva degli Stati Uniti e passiva dell'Europa,muta,sorda e cieca. Quello che rende assolutamente unico il comportamento d'Israele non è il massacro del nemico(lo hanno fatto tutti),ma l'averlo fatto sotto gli occhi delle telecamere del mondo intero e la presunzione "arcaica" di esercitare un diritto,concessogli dal proprio Dio,in pratica la criminalizzazione di Dio.
Gilad Shalit,was wounded, kidnapped, and held (if still alive) incommunicado for over three years. If he is alive, or the pretense of his being alive, is used by the terrorist Arabs as a pawn for leverage.
Arabs arrested for crimes, receive jury trials, set sentences (so they know when they'll be released), have decent living conditions, food, exercise time, visitors. Many take courses through Israeli schooling! For Gilad Shalit none of this. Not a word to or from his family or friends, not a Red Cross visit, nothing. Geneva Conventions? Ha! Hamas and Hezb'Allah RECEIVE these from the Israelis, but do not give them to Israelis.
Arab indoctrination in mosques, schools, maps, texts, media, preach hatred and death to Israelis and Jews. Arabs reject Israel 100%. All their lies are propaganda ploys for continued Arab violence. Nothing Israel does will change Arab hatred. If the Arab can't reform, all civilization is threatened, Israel first, then the rest of the West.
If Shalit was only captured for the purpose of "bargaining" for Gazan "paritsans", then why has Hamas refused the Red Cross access to him for the last three years?