Hamas: Israel Made Offer for Captive Soldier

Hamas: Israel Made Offer for Captive Soldier

By Hillel Fendel Hamas, the terrorist organization controlling Gaza, says it has received an Israeli offer to free 600 terrorists - mostly women and minors - in exchange for the abducted soldier Gilad Shalit.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zahri, a senior Hamas figure involved in the negotiations over the soldier, told Reuters that the Egyptians received the offer and transmitted it to the Hamas Authority. The offer also includes, in addition to the 600, the release of veteran Palestinian terrorists long held in Israeli prisons.

Arutz-7's Haggai Huberman notes that the Government of Israel has thus far refused, at least officially, to release Palestinian terrorists in exchange for the captive soldier.

19-year-old Corp. Gilad Shalit, of a small community in the northwestern Galilee, was kidnapped almost two months ago from his tank just outside of Gaza. The Hamas terrorist kidnappers killed two other soldiers in the attack.

Abu Zahri refuse to divulge details of the alleged Israeli offer. He noted that three Palestinian terror organizations were involved in the abduction and are not willing to give up on their demands.

A senior Palestinian Authority source said that the Arab country of Qatar, too, is trying to negotiate a solution, and recently submitted its own proposal for a prisoner exchange.

Hamas terrorists in Gaza fired two more Kassam rockets towards Kibbutz Nachal Oz in the Negev on Tuesday morning. No damage was caused. The Israel Air Force responded with aerial attacks towards the launching areas.

Meanwhile, no word has been received on the whereabout of two FoxNews journalists who were kidnapped by Arab gunmen on Monday night.

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