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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/03/AR2006070300191.html
In Gaza, Soldier's Capture Emboldens Israel's Bid to Weaken Hamas
(Washington Post) Scott Wilson - The armed Palestinian groups holding captured IDF Cpl. Gilad Shalit, including the military wing of the governing Hamas movement, demanded Monday that Israel release a thousand prisoners by Tuesday morning or "bear full responsibility for the consequences." The Israeli government rejected the ultimatum. Israeli military officials have indicated they intend to use Shalit's capture to take care of unfinished business, namely weakening the Hamas-led government and taking out the Palestinian rocket launchers that have plagued southern Israeli cities.