Release of Gilad Shalit

Newly released Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit walks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Ehud Barak and armed forces chief Major-General Benny Gantz at Tel Nof air base in central Israel on Oct. 18. Shalit returned home to a national outpouring of joy after five years in captivity as hundreds of Palestinian prisoners exchanged for him were greeted with kisses from Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip.

( Ariel Harmoni/Israeli Defense Ministry/Handout/Reuters / April 27, 2012 )

Newly released Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit walks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defence Minister Ehud Barak and armed forces chief Major-General Benny Gantz at Tel Nof air base in central Israel on Oct. 18. Shalit returned home to a national outpouring of joy after five years in captivity as hundreds of Palestinian prisoners exchanged for him were greeted with kisses from Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip.

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