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Mideast: Reports of progress on Shalit release rejected
 [ADN Kronos] The Palestinian captors of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit rejected media reports of progress on a prisoner exchange with Israel on Wednesday. According to the Palestinian news site, Maan, the spokesman of the Popular Resistance Committees armed wing, Abu Mujahid, said "Israeli media are trying to publish misleading reports."At the same time, the Israeli daily, Haaretz, cited a Hamas official who said Israel would yield to the demands the Islamic group had made in order to release Shalit. Mohammed al-Ghoul, the Hamas minister for prisoners' affairs, said "the Israeli occupation will soon surrender to the conditions that we have outlined for the release of Gilad Shalit." According to al-Ghoul, Israel will release the Palestinian prisoners whose names appear on a list Hamas has passed to Egyptian officials. In return for Shalit's freedom, the Palestinians want Israel to release 1,400 prisoners, including 450 who are serving life sentences, among them women, and children. Posted by: Fred 2009-08-13 |
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