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 ... |
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.