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February 6, 2012       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/shin-bet-chief-shalit-s-poor-health-prompted-hamas-to-strike-deal-with-israel-1.411240

Shalit's Poor Health Prompted Hamas to Strike Deal with Israel

(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - One reason Hamas became flexible in a deal to release kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit is because the group feared he would die in captivity, Israel Security Agency head Yoram Cohen said last Thursday. "Hamas was afraid of losing the asset" in light of his deteriorating health, Cohen told a closed forum in Tel Aviv.

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