Gilad Shalit
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“I missed my family very much,” a gaunt Shalit, his breathing laboured at times, said in an interview with Egyptian television, conducted before he was transferred to Israel. “I hope this deal will promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians.”
Gilad Shalit, 25, on his return home after five years in captivity in the Gaza Strip. The first few hundred of more than 1,000 Palestinians being freed in stages from Israeli jails were greeted with kisses and flags in Gaza and the West Bank.
(Source: Guardian)
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