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Freeing Johnston, say Palestinian analysts, may help pave the way toward the release of another Gaza hostage, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, because the Army of Islam is among the militant groups that helped kidnap Shalit a year ago. But he would probably be exchanged for hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, and Israeli officials must first overcome their aversion to dealing with Hamas, a group they still brand as "terrorists...
...West Bank is shaky, Hamas can now rightly say that it is fully in control of Gaza. Freeing Johnston will help Hamas achieve a measure of international respectability, and, according to Palestinian analysts, the move may pave the way toward the release of another Gaza hostage, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped a year ago by several militants, including members of the Army of Islam. Hamas claims it is also trying to persuade smaller militant outfits in Gaza to cease firing rockets into Israel...
...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...
...Shalit's captors want the Israeli government to exchange hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for the Israeli soldier. On Monday, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he would release 250 prisoners from the Fatah group - but none from Hamas...