Release of soldier 'imminent'
2006-07-27 17:09
Rome - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that the release of an Israeli soldier abducted in Gaza could be "imminent."
"There are ongoing efforts that lead us to believe in an imminent solution," Abbas said, speaking through a translator, after a meeting in Rome with Italian Premier Romano Prodi.
Israel invaded Gaza on June 28, three days after Hamas-backed militants tunnelled under the border and attacked an Israeli army post, killing two soldiers and capturing corporal Gilad Shalit, 19.
- AP