Word: shalit
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...Gaza, proof of life came within the last 48 hours for two long-sought captives: the BBC journalist Alan Johnston, captured over 100 days ago, and Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was grabbed exactly one year ago by militants who had tunneled under the security wall around the Gaza Strip...
...President Mahmoud Abbas. But now that Hamas has chased off Fatah from Gaza, the Dagmush are vulnerable. They are also loathed by Gaza's other powerful clans for their thuggish behavior and kidnappings - the Dagmush's "Army of Islam' is also said to have joined in the capture of Shalit, but then to have sold him on to two other militant groups. Hamas fighters are supposedly in position on the rooftops near the Dagmush's sprawling compound in Gaza City, ready for the attack signal. One Hamas commander was quoted as saying that his Islamic militants could finish...
...case of the Israeli soldier Shalit, however, it is Hamas' own military wing that holds the captive. It released an audio recording on its website today of Shalit, in which a voice identified as belonging to the 20-year-old soldier says in Hebrew: "I've been in prison one year. My situation is deteriorating. I need an extended period in hospital." The voice adds: "I am sorry that the Israeli government has not shown more interest. It should meet the demands of my kidnappers so I can be released." Shalit's only previous communication had been a handwritten letter...
...told Time that Hamas has ordered the criminal gang that kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston 95 days ago to hand him over, a possible first step towards his release - although this claim could not be verified. Hamas could further calm the atmosphere with Israel by freeing Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, kidnapped last summer. And on the Israeli side, some pragmatists in the country's intelligence circles have begun giving voice to the unspeakable: that Israel may have no choice but to deal with the new lords of Gaza...
...this kidnapping is another sign of anarchic times in Gaza. Hamas and Fatah are fighting for power, and random armed groups are filling the vacuum in unpredictable ways. Compare the silence from Johnston's captors to the more traditional dealings of those who have held Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit since June. Earlier this month, they gave Israel a long list of prisoners they want in exchange for Shalit. The swap hasn't happened, but in light of Johnston's case, there was something reassuring about even the glimmer of a trade...