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Report: Gilad Shalit Was Accompanied by Suicide Bombers at Time of His Release
(Jerusalem Post) In an interview with Al Jazeera Thursday, senior Hamas military official Abd al-Hakim Hanini claimed that while captured IDF soldier Gilad Shalit was being exchanged for Palestinian prisoners in October 2011, he was surrounded by Hamas operatives wearing explosive belts. Hamas' military commander, Ahmed Jabari, who was later killed by an Israeli air strike in November 2012, ordered terrorists to accompany Shalit while wearing explosive belts. "Jabari told us that Shalit would be accompanied by martyrs with explosive belts around their waists. The military wing would decide - if there would be any violation of the conditions of the deal, Shalit would not return to Israel alive," Hanini said.