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...certain that the soldier is alive...
...believe if Israel believes for one moment that the soldier was dead, I think they will go inside Gaza [City]. But because they believe he is alive, they have given a chance to negotiation. They want to bring him back. Because if they killed hundreds of people and did not succeed in bringing him back alive, this would be a big loss for Israel...
...decision, this is one decision. It is not divided from inside or outside. But you know, sometimes the Israeli media and Israel government try to show Khaled Mashaal is responsible, in order to find an excuse to target Syria, to target Khaled Mashaal. But this action, the abducted soldier, was done by the military wing of Hamas. There is separation between the political leadership and the military leadership. This does not mean the military leadership listens to the orders of the political leadership...
...Hamas's military wing, Izzadin al Qassam, has the soldier...
Palestinian sources tell TIME it's more likely that Shalit's abduction was planned by a radical Palestinian faction that believes Hamas' leaders were giving away too much to the Israelis. Whatever the case, the Israelis have made it clear that as long as their young soldier is a hostage, Mashaal's life is in danger...