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Gilad Shalit

Shalit is facing obstacles on road to recovery

Gilad Shalit’s release from more than five years of isolated captivity marked the end of a national trauma for Israel, but for the 25-year-old it\’s only the beginning of his road to recovery.

Shalits trying to adjust to new normal

A week after Gilad Shalit returned to Israel after being held in captivity for more than five years in Gaza, things were getting back to normal at the Shalit family home — sort of.

Peres visits Shalit at home

Israeli President Shimon Peres visited Gilad Shalit at his home in northern Israel, the first Israeli official to visit since the soldier\’s return.

We salute you, Gilad!

\”He who wrought miracles for our fathers, and redeemed them from slavery unto freedom, may he speedily redeem us, and gather our exiles from the four corners of the earth, even all Israel united in fellowship; and let us say, Amen.\” 

\”HaMakom y\’rachem ethkhem b\’tokh sh\’ar aveilei Tzion v\’Yrushalayim\” 

\”May G-d comfort you among all the mourners of Zion and Jerusalem\” 





Would-be suicide bomber tells Gaza children to be like her

A would-be Palestinian suicide bomber freed by Israel in the prisoner swap for soldier Gilad Shalit told cheering schoolchildren in the Gaza Strip the day after her release Wednesday she hoped they would follow her example.

Day one of freedom for Gilad Shalit

Gilad Shalit, whose skinny frame is the talk of Israel, took a morning stroll with his mother outside the family home in a leafy village in northern Israel, accompanied by police who formed a protective guard around him.

U.S. troubled by Israeli release of some Palestinians

The United States has concerns about some of the 477 Palestinians Israel freed on Tuesday in exchange for an abducted Israeli soldier because they killed or injured U.S. citizens, a U.S. official said.

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