Israeli and Hamas officials agree prisoner swap deal

ISRAELI and Hamas officials said last night they have reached a prisoner swap deal to free a captured Israeli soldier held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Wed, 12 Oct, 2011 - 01:00

The announcement caps five years of painful negotiations that have repeatedly collapsed.

The deal would bring home Sergeant Gilad Schalit, who was captured in a cross-border raid in June 2006 by Palestinian militants who burrowed into Israel and dragged him into Gaza.

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