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Hamas releases Shalit's message
25/06/2007 19:24 - (SA)
Jerusalem - Hamas-linked militants holding Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in the Gaza Strip released a recording of him Monday, exactly one year after capturing him in a cross-border raid.
Following is the text of the soldier's message:
"I am Gilad, son of Noam Shalit.
"Mother and father, my sister and brother, my friends in the Israel Defence Forces: I send you my greetings from inside prison, and I miss you all. I have spent a full year in prison, and my health is still deteriorating, and I need prolonged hospitalisation.
"I regret the lack of interest on the part of the Israeli government and the Israel Defence Forces in my case, and their refusal to meet the demands of the al-Qassam brigades.
"It is clear that they have to meet these demands in order to allow me to be freed from jail, especially since I was in a military operation, under military orders, and was not a drug dealer.
"Just as I have parents, a mother and father, the thousands of Palestinian prisoners have mothers and fathers to whom their sons must be returned.
"I have a great hope from my government that it show more interest in me and meet the demands of the mujahideen (holy warriors). Corporal Gilad Shalit."
- AP
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