The 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange freed an Israeli soldier held by Hamas in return for 1,027 prisoners. The 2015 opening said the agreement came "five years and four months after Palestinian militants captured Shalit in southern Israel along the Gaza Strip border." Today's opening opens directly with the exchange deal and does not say Shalit was captured by militants; the word survives 12 times elsewhere in the article. A reader arriving at the opening today learns the terms of the prisoner exchange, and not that Wikipedia's own opening once stated Shalit was captured by Palestinian militants along the Gaza border.
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Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange ( ; ) followed an agreement between Israel and Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for 1,027 prisoners – mainly Palestinians and Arab-Israelis , although there was also a Ukrainian , a Jordanian and a Syrian . Two hundred and eighty of these were sentenced to life in prison for planning and perpetrating various attacks against Israeli targets.1Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari was quoted in the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al-Hayat as confirming that the prisoners released as part of the deal were collectively responsible for the killing of 569 Israelis. The agreement came five years and four months after Palestinian militants captured Shalit in southern Israel along the Gaza Strip border.2 The deal, brokered by Mossad official David Meidan through a secret back channel run by Dr. Ghazi Hamad authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on one side and Ahmad Jaabri , head of Ezzedin el Qassam forces in Hamas on the other side.3 The list of prisoners to be released was based on previous work conducted by German and Egyptian mediators and coordinated by Bundesnachrichtendienst agent Gerhard Conrad , was signed in Egypt on 11 October 2011. Its first phase was executed on 18 October 2011, with Israel releasing 477 Palestinian prisoners and Hamas transferring Shalit to Cairo . In the second phase, which took place during December 2011, another 550 prisoners were released. At Shalit's release Hamas had several militants with suicide belts in case the Israelis attempted to renege on the deal at the last minute.4 The agreement is the largest prisoner exchange agreement Israel has ever made and the highest price Israel has ever paid for a single soldier. Gilad Shalit was also the first captured Israeli soldier to be released alive in 26 years. Ukrainian mother of two among released Palestinian prisoners | World | RIA Novosti .5Deported Palestinian prisoners face new life of exile – World – CBC News .6Damascus ignores only Syrian prisoner freed in Israeli swap deal Monsters and Critics (2011-10-19). Hamas to gain politically from prisoner swap deal . Gerhard Conrad: German Mr Hezbollah who helped to free Gilad Shalit | World news .7
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The Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange ( ; ) followed a 2011 agreement between Israel and Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for 1,027 prisoners – mainly Palestinians and Arab-Israelis , although there was also a Ukrainian , a Jordanian and a Syrian . Two-hundred and eighty of these were sentenced to life in prison for planning and perpetrating various attacks against Israeli targets. Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari was quoted in the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al-Hayat as confirming that the prisoners released under the deal were collectively responsible for the killing of 569 Israelis. The agreement came five years and four months after Palestinian militants captured Shalit in southern Israel along the Gaza Strip border. The deal, brokered by Mossad official David Meidan through a secret back channel run by Dr. Ghazi Hamad authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on one side and Ahmed Jabari, head of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on the other side. The list of prisoners to be released was based on previous work conducted by German and Egyptian mediators and coordinated by Bundesnachrichtendienst agent Gerhard Conrad , was signed in Egypt on 11 October 2011. Its first phase was executed on 18 October 2011, with Israel releasing 477 Palestinian prisoners and Hamas transferring Shalit to Cairo . In the second phase, which took place during December 2011, another 550 prisoners were released. The agreement is the largest prisoner exchange agreement Israel has ever made and the highest price Israel has ever paid for a single soldier. Gilad Shalit was also the first captured Israeli soldier to be released alive in 26 years. Ukrainian mother of two among released Palestinian prisoners | World | RIA Novosti . Deported Palestinian prisoners face new life of exile – World – CBC News . Damascus ignores only Syrian prisoner freed in Israeli swap deal Monsters and Critics (2011-10-19). Hamas to gain politically from prisoner swap deal . Gerhard Conrad: German Mr Hezbollah who helped to free Gilad Shalit | World news .
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2011 deal between Israel and Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcoming Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit at Tel Nof after his release from Hamas captivity The Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange ( ; ), also known as "Wafa al-Ahrar" ( "Faithful to the free" ), followed a 2011 agreement between Israel and Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for 1,027 prisoners — almost all Palestinians and Arab-Israelis , although there were also a Ukrainian , a Jordanian and a Syrian .Two hundred and eighty of these had been sentenced to life in prison for planning and perpetrating various attacks against Israeli targets. Hamas military leader Ahmed Jabari was quoted in the Saudi Arabian newspaper Al-Hayat as confirming that the prisoners released under the deal were collectively responsible for the killing of 569 Israelis. The agreement came five years and four months after Palestinian militants captured Shalit in southern Israel along the Gaza Strip border. The deal, brokered by Mossad official David Meidan through a secret back channel run by Gershon Baskin and Hamas Deputy Foreign Minister Dr. Ghazi Hamad authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on one side and Ahmed Jabari, head of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on the other side. The list of prisoners to be released (based on previous work conducted by German and Egyptian mediators and coordinated by Bundesnachrichtendienst agent Gerhard Conrad ), was signed in Egypt on 11 October 2011. Its first phase was executed on 18 October 2011, with Israel releasing 477 Palestinian prisoners and Hamas transferring Shalit to Cairo . In the second phase, which took place during December 2011, another 550 prisoners were released. The agreement is, to date, the largest prisoner exchange agreement Israel has ever made and the highest price Israel has ever paid for a single soldier. Gilad Shalit was also the first captured Israeli soldier to be released alive in 26 years. "Five years on: The Wafa al-Ahrar agreement and prisoner exchange" . 19 October 2016.
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2011 deal between Israel and Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcoming Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit at Tel Nof after his release from Hamas captivity The Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange ( Hebrew : עסקת שליט ; Arabic : صفقة شاليط ), also known as Wafa al-Ahrar ( Arabic : وفاء الأحرار ) ("Faithful to the free"), followed a 2011 agreement between Israel and Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for 1027 prisoners — almost all Palestinians and Arab-Israelis , although there were also a Ukrainian , a Jordanian and a Syrian . Of these, 280 had been sentenced to life in prison for, according to Israeli authorities, planning and perpetrating various attacks against Israeli targets.Many of the other Palestinians were held under " administrative detention " – which allows Israel to hold Palestinians indefinitely without charging them with any crime. The deal, brokered by Mossad official David Meidan through a secret back channel run by Gershon Baskin and Hamas Deputy Foreign Minister Ghazi Hamad , was authorized by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on one side and Ahmed Jabari, head of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades on the other side. The list of prisoners to be released (based on previous work conducted by German and Egyptian mediators and coordinated by Bundesnachrichtendienst agent Gerhard Conrad ), was signed in Egypt on 11 October 2011. Its first phase was executed on 18 October 2011, with Israel releasing 477 Palestinian prisoners and Hamas transferring Shalit to Cairo . In the second phase, which took place during December 2011, another 550 prisoners were released. The agreement is, to date, the largest prisoner exchange agreement Israel has ever made and the highest price Israel has ever paid for a single soldier. Gilad Shalit was also the first captured Israeli soldier to be released alive in 26 years. "Five years on: The Wafa al-Ahrar agreement and prisoner exchange" . 19 October 2016. "Deported Palestinian prisoners face new life of exile" , Cbc.ca, 13 October 2011.
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