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January 11, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24892257-15084,00.html

Soldiers Keen to Rescue Comrade

[The Australian] Abraham Rabinovich - In a room in Gaza, probably underground, Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured in 2006, has been listening for the past two weeks to the sound of bombs and gunfire signaling the approach of his countrymen as Hamas guards hover nearby, prepared to shoot him dead if a rescue attempt is made. His fate is very much on the minds of the army units conducting the incursion into Gaza. "We're not leaving without him," a soldier told a TV reporter. It would appear likely that Shalit's release will be part of Israel's conditions for withdrawing from Gaza.

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