Signs of new effort to free Israeli held by Hamas
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A senior Hamas official says a German mediator trying to broker the release of an Israeli soldier held for four years in Gaza recently visited the Palestinian territory after months of deadlock.
Unfortunately I don't think Israel will ever get Sergeant Shalit back alive, so they'd better have a shock and awe plan B ... | Osama Mazeini said Saturday the mediator made a feeler visit, suggesting a renewed attempt to push forward negotiations to swap Sgt. Gilad Schalit for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
Mazeini did not say when the mediator came to Gaza. A London-based Arabic newspaper said he visited two weeks ago.
Hamas-backed militants seized Schalit in a cross-border raid in 2006.
Posted by: Steve White 2010-10-17 |