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| Gilad Shalit supporters vow to disrupt entry of supplies to Gaza |
| 2008-10-19 |
| Members of an organization devoted to the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit are threatening to block the entry of supplies to the Gaza Strip during a protest scheduled for Sunday afternoon at the Kerem Shalom crossing on the border with Gaza. Gilad Shalit has been held against his will in the Gaza Strip since he was kidnapped over two years ago during a cross border raid by Hamas gunmen near Kerem Shalom in June 2006. Talks have been underway between Israel and the rulers of the Gaza Strip, Hamas, under Egyptian mediation, to free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Shalit's release. Hamas wants Egypt to release Ayman Nofal, a senior military operative arrested in Egypt on suspicion he was planning to attack targets there. But Hamas leader Youssef Farhat told a rally of hundreds of Hamas supporters on Friday that Egypt could not play a mediation role as long as it held him. "We have put the file of Shalit in the fridge and it will remain frozen unless Ayman Nofal is freed," Farhat said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 "he's dead, Jim" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-10-19 04:10 |