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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100425/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_hamas
Hamas Releases Cartoon about Captured Israeli Soldier
(AP) Ben Hubbard - Hamas released an animated film Sunday bearing a grisly message for Israel: If it doesn't meet the Islamic militant group's demands, an Israeli soldier it has held for nearly four years could return home in a coffin. The short but sophisticated cartoon - which depicts Sgt. Gilad Shalit's aging father wandering empty streets with a picture of his son - is the latest product of Hamas' growing media machine. The video was intended to pressure Israelis to accept demands to trade Shalit for about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. The father, Noam Shalit, called the film "psychological warfare."