Report: Israel persuaded not to include Shalit in truce deal
By Ali Waked

Arab media reports Egyptian intelligence chief succeeds in securing Israeli compromise over demand conditioning ceasefire agreement on release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. Hamas delegation heads to Cairo later on Saturday to hear Jerusalem’s response through mediators

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As much as I’d like to think a release will happen, I suspect Gilad Shalit, Ehud Goldwasser, and Eldad Regev will face the same fate as Ron Arad.