Gilad Shalit: A retrospective (Photos)
The Israeli cabinet recently voted to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners over two months in exchange for 25-year-old Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, imprisoned since 2006. Here Shalit is seen in a video broadcast by an Israeli news channel on Oct. 2, 2009.
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