Gilad Shalit Freed in Israeli-Palestinian Prisoner Swap

Israel, Shalit
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Relief
Supporters of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit celebrate after watching the first footage after his release, in Mitzpe Hila, northern Israel, on Oct. 18 2011. The first television images of freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit showed him being led by masked Hamas gunmen and Egyptian officials through the Gaza-Egypt border terminal of Rafah.

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