AhlulBayt News Agency

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Monday

17 October 2011

8:30:00 PM
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Shalit in Egypt

The captured Israeli soldier in Gaza Gilad Shalit was officially delivered to Egypt on Tuesday, a source close to the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The captured Israeli soldier in Gaza Gilad Shalit was officially delivered to Egypt on Tuesday, a source close to the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said.He said that Shalit was transferred to Cairo in a secret and complicated operation, adding that Shalit would not be handed to Israel until all released Palestinian prisoners arrive to their designed destinations.For his part, Hamas leader Dr. Salah Al-Bardawil told the PIC on Tuesday that no problems were facing the exchange operation and that delivering Shalit was up to the Qassam Brigades.Meanwhile, official statistics in Gaza said that 600 journalists from 250 media outlets were given permits to cover the event.Dr. Hassan Abu Hashish, the government’s media spokesman, told the PIC on Monday evening that the government would provide special buses for reporters to cover the event at the Rafah border terminal and at the site of the ceremony thrown in honor of the liberated prisoners in downtown Gaza.

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