Gilad Schalit

Israel Releases 550 Palestinian Prisoners

AP | By DALIA NAMMARI | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Gilad Schalit, Gaza Militants, Israel, Abu Obeida, Fawzi Barhoum, Video, World News

BEITUNIA, West Bank -- Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners late Sunday, the second and final phase of a swap with Gaza Hamas militants t...

Read Whole Story

Emotional Welcome In Gaza For Freed Palestinian Prisoners

AP | DIAA HADID and MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Video, Gaza, Gilad Schalit, Palestinian Prisoners Freed, Israel Hamas Prisoner Swap, Prisoner Swap, Palestinian Prisoners Gaza, Israel, Israeli Hamas Deal, Palestinian Prisoners, Gilad Shalit, World News

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Tens of thousands of flag-waving Palestinians celebrated the homecoming Tuesday of hundreds of prisoners exchanged for a...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: Gilad Shalit Freed

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Gilad Shalit Prisoner Swap, Video, Israel Hamas Deal, Gilad Schalit, Gilad Shalit Freed, Israel Hamas Prisoner Swap, Gilad Shalit Kidnapped, Gilad Schalit Freed, Hamas, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Gilad Shalit Free, World News

TEL NOF AIR BASE, Israel (AP) – Looking thin, weary and dazed, an Israeli soldier returned home Tuesday from more than five years of captivity in th...

Read Whole Story

Preparations Begin In Swap of Hundreds of Palestinian Prisoners For Israeli Soldier

AP | MATTI FRIEDMAN | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Prisoner Swap Public Opinion, Prisoner Swap, Israel Hamas Deal, Gilad Schalit, Gilad Shalit, Gilad Schalit Prisoner Swap, Israel Hamas Prisoner Swap, World News

JERUSALEM — The elaborate machinery of a prisoner swap deal between two bitter enemies swung into motion early Tuesday, as hundreds of Palestini...

Read Whole Story

Objections To Release Of Prisoners In Israel-Hamas Deal

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN | Posted 12.16.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gilad Schalit Palestinians, Gilad Schalit, Israel-Palestine, Israel Hamas Prisoner Swap, Prisoner Swap, Gilad Schalit Freed, Gilad Shalit, Gilad Shalit Free, Gilad Schalit Prisoner Swap, World News

JERUSALEM — This week's planned Mideast prisoner swap is unleashing deep anguish in Israel and widespread elation in the Palestinian territories...

Read Whole Story

Israeli Cabinet Member Calls Gilad Shalit Deal 'Incentive To Kill Israelis'

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Israel Prisoner Swap, Video, Gilad Schalit, Israel Palestinian Conflict, Gilad Shalit Freed, Gilad Shalit Deal, Gilad Shalit Captured, Hamas, Israel, Gilad Shalit, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli euphoria over a deal to free a soldier held for five years by Hamas gave way Wednesday to growing anxiety that the swap for ...

Read Whole Story

Hamas Gilad Shalit Cartoon: Propaganda Threat To Israel Over Captured Israeli Soldier (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gilad Shalit Cartoon, Gilad Schalit, Gilad Shalit Kidnapped, Hamas Video, Hamas, Israel, Hamas Cartoon, Gilad Shalit, Gilad Shalit Alive, World News

(AP) GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hamas released an animated film Sunday bearing a grisly message for Israel: If it doesn't meet the Islamic militant grou...

Read Whole Story

Israel Abandoned Our Son In Gaza, Say Parents

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gaza Blockade, Israeli Military @Y:World, Gaza, Gilad Schalit, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu, Kidnapped Soldier, Hamas, Israel, Flotilla Raid, World News

JERUSALEM — The parents of an Israeli soldier whose kidnapping led to the Gaza blockade are accusing the government of abandoning their son now ...

Read Whole Story

Israel May Swap 1,000 Palestinian Prisoners For Soldier Held By Hamas

AP | JOSEF FEDERMAN and DIAA HADID | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marwan Barghouti, Shimon Peres, Hamas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Mahmoud Zahar, Netanyahu, Gilad Schalit, World News

JERUSALEM — Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive Isra...

Read Whole Story

Gilad Shalit Video Handed Over By Hamas In Exchange For Prisoners

AP/Huffington Post | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gilad Schalit, Gilad Shalit Video, Israel, Hamas, Gilad Schalit Video, Gilad Shalit, Video, World News

JERUSALEM (AP)-- In the first glimpse of him since his capture more than three years ago, a thin but healthy-looking Israeli soldier said in a video r...

Read Whole Story

Gilad Schalit Letter Details His "Intolerable And Inhumane Nightmare"

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Gilad Schalit, Israel, Gilad Schalit Letter, Gilad Shalit Letter, Gilad Shalit, World News

JERUSALEM — An Israeli soldier seized by Palestinian militants more than three years ago described his captivity as an "intolerable and inhumane...

Read Whole Story

Mubarak: Gilad Shalit Is In Good Condition, Issue Will Hopefully Be Resolved Soon

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli Settlements, Mubarak Peres, Mubarak Gilad Shalit, Cairo, Egypt, Shimon Peres, Gilad Schalit, Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak Gilad Schalit, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Schalit Mubarak, World News

CAIRO — An Israeli soldier being held in Gaza by Hamas militants is alive and in good condition, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Tuesday, ...

Read Whole Story

Abdel Aziz Duaik, Hamas Parliament Speaker, Released

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Duaik, Abdel Aziz Duaik, Gaza Strip, Hamas Parliament Speaker, Gilad Schalit, Released, Abdel Aziz Duaik Released, Duak, Palestinians, Israel, Hamas, World News

JERUSALEM — Israel on Tuesday freed the most senior of dozens of Hamas politicians in custody, prompting speculation it was a prelude to a deal ...

Read Whole Story

Gilad Shalit Father, Noam Shalit, Says Son Won't Be Freed Soon

Jerusalem Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Father of Gilad Shalit, Noam Shalit Son Alive, Gilad Schalit, Foreign Affairs, Gilad Shalit Kidnapped, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Corporal Gilad Shalit, Israel, Gilad Shalit, Noam Shalit, Gilad Shalit Alive, Binyamin Netanyahu, Advocacy, World News

His son Gilad is unlikely to be freed from Gaza any time soon, Noam Schalit told reporters after he left his first meeting with Prime Minister Binyami...

Read Whole Story

Israel: No Truce Until Kidnapped Soldier Released

Jerusalem Post | JPOST.COM STAFF and AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Israel Truce, Ehud Olmert, Gilad Schalit, Israel Hamas, Gilad Schalit Truce, Israel, Hamas Truce, World News

Israel will not agree to a truce with Hamas in the Gaza Strip without the release of kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit, the Prime Minister's Of...

Read Whole Story

Hamas: Israel Torpedoing Truce Efforts

Jerusalem Post | JPOST.COM STAFF and AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Ali Barakei, Egypt Gaza Truce, Hamas Arms, Gaza, Omar Suleimen, Gilad Schalit, Israel, Gaza Arms, Hamas, Egypt Truce, World News

Prior to discussions between a Hamas delegation and Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleimen in Cairo, which a spokesman for the group described as t...

Read Whole Story

Beirut: Jimmy Carter Urges Obama To Push For Mideast Peace

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.25.2011

President Jimmy Carter told a packed audience at the American University of Beirut that President-elect Barack Obama cannot wait until the end of his ...

Read Post