 Captured IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Shalit will be released during the month of Ramadan, in the next three weeks," estimated Ahmed Youssef, political adviser to Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday morning. | “A Nazareth newspaper reported that Hamas leaders in Damascus had set a new condition for the release of Shalit: Israel must allow Khaled Mashaal and other key Hamas figures to return to the Gaza Strip” |
Meanwhile, a Nazareth newspaper reported Friday that Hamas leaders in Damascus had set a new condition for the release of Shalit - Israel must allow Khaled Mashaal and other key Hamas figures to return to the Gaza Strip.
| That actually sounds like a real good idea to me. It'd put them right there, up close and personal, well within Apache range... |
The Hamas leadership in Syria has agreed on principle to release Shalit in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, according to a report that in the Arab-Israeli newspaper A-Sinara. The report, which was based on senior Arab and Palestinian sources, said the organization's leaders in Damascus would be willing to free Shalit, recognize Israel, and acknowledge previous agreements if their conditions were met. Israeli sources have yet to confirm the report. |