<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Gilad Shalit: News &amp; Videos about Gilad Shalit - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Gilad_Shalit</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Gilad Shalit from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:34:54 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Gilad Shalit: News &amp; Videos about Gilad Shalit - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Gilad_Shalit</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Gilad Shalit from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Hamas to discuss possible deal to release Israeli soldier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/23/israel.captured.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/23/israel.captured.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Talk of a possible deal to release an Israeli soldier captured more than three years ago heightened Monday amid diplomatic activity in the region.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Video of kidnapped soldier airs as Israel frees Palestinian prisoners</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/02/israel.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/10/02/israel.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A "proof-of-life" video of an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants more than two years ago was made public Friday, after its delivery led to the release of Palestinian women prisoners.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel to swap prisoners for 'proof-of-life' tape</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/30/israel.palestinian.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/30/israel.palestinian.prisoners/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel will release 20 Palestinian female prisoners and detainees in a deal to obtain a recent proof-of-life videotape of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the Israeli Security Cabinet announced Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel arrests suspected Hamas terrorists</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/19/israel.hamas.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/19/israel.hamas.arrests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli security forces are questioning 10 Hamas terrorism suspects, including four Hamas legislative council members, who were arrested in overnight raids across the West Bank, the military said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deal to free Israel soldier collapses</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/17/israel.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/17/israel.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A potential prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas collapsed Tuesday when the Israeli Cabinet rejected the latest Hamas demands.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Talks continue over kidnapped Israeli soldier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/16/israel.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/16/israel.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert postponed a Cabinet meeting scheduled for Monday as talks aimed at securing the release of a kidnapped Israeli soldier were extended.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Parents of captured Israeli soldier camp outside Olmert's home</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/08/israel.shalit.parents/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/08/israel.shalit.parents/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The parents of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit set up camp Sunday outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in hopes of pressuring government officials to a secure a deal with Hamas that would bring their son home.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 22:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel launches airstrikes into Gaza</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/07/gaza.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/07/gaza.airstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel launched airstrikes into Gaza on Saturday, responding to a series of rockets fired by Hamas the day before, the Israeli military said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel demands release of missing soldier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/18/israel.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/18/israel.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel on Wednesday demanded the release of an Israeli soldier seized by militants more than two years ago as a condition of lifting its economic blockade on Gaza, a government spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hamas says it may consider Israeli soldier's release</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/16/hamas.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/16/hamas.gaza/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Palestinian militant group Hamas said Monday that it is willing to consider the release of an Israeli soldier who was seized in a cross-border raid more than two years ago.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel denies reports of Hamas negotiations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/15/israel.hamas.negotiations/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/15/israel.hamas.negotiations/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel's prime minister denied media reports that it is negotiating with the militant group Hamas, which controls Gaza, but said there will be Israeli "consultations" Sunday "regarding the situation in the south."</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert blasts 'damaging' reports on kidnapped Israeli soldier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/08/israel.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/02/08/israel.missing.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Recent media reports about the negotiations to secure the release of a kidnapped Israeli soldier are "exaggerated and damaging," outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday.</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 23:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian militant shot dead by Israeli forces</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/israel.palestinian.militant/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/16/israel.palestinian.militant/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian militant near the West Bank town of Jenin, Palestinian and Israeli authorities said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Carter 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parents</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/23/israel.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/23/israel.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel's High Court on Monday rejected an appeal by the parents of a captured Israeli soldier who hoped to compel the government to explain why a recent cease-fire deal with Hamas did not include the release of their son, a court spokeswoman said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Family wanted captive soldier's return as part of cease-fire</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/22/israel.shalit/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/22/israel.shalit/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The parents of an Israeli soldier held captive for nearly two years petitioned Israel's High Court Sunday to compel the government to explain why a cease-fire with Hamas did not include the release 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</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1814390,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1814390,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>There'll be no signing ceremonies or even public acknowledgment, but Israel and Hamas appear to have agreed on a formula to stop rocket fire from Gaza
</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rice blasts Iran, says U.S. will pursue tough diplomacy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/rice.aipac/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/03/rice.aipac/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice blasted Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas on Tuesday and called the United States' bond with Israel "unshakable."</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gaza Rocket Rocks Bush's Israel Trip</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1779536,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1779536,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A violent bid for attention by Palestinian militants is likely to provoke a new escalation of bloodshed
</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 20:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rocket from Gaza kills Israeli woman amid peace efforts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/12/israel.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/12/israel.rocket/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza on Monday struck a house in southern Israel, killing one woman, according to Israeli medical emergency services.</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:43:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attackers slipped into Israel via Egypt, militant says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/02/04/mideast/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Two Palestinians left Gaza across the recently breached border with Egypt and then entered Israel to carry out a suicide bombing Monday, a militant spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Face-to-face with top Hamas leader in secret location</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/26/btsc.perry.hamas/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/26/btsc.perry.hamas/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sitting in a room with the top Hamas leader -- a man Israel would prefer dead -- is not an easy feeling, knowing that at any second a missile could shatter the building, killing everyone inside, myself included.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hamas leader: Captured Israeli soldier alive and well </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/24/hamas.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/24/hamas.soldier/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israeli soldier Cpl. 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Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier abducted by Palestinian political movement Hamas a year ago, said in an audiotape released Monday that his health is deteriorating and that he needs to go the hospital.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Abducted BBC man : Don't rescue me</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/24/bbcreporter.video/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/06/24/bbcreporter.video/index.html</guid><description>Clad in what appeared to be an explosive vest, kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston warned in a new video that his captors would turn their hideout into a "death zone" if any rescue attempt is made.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rocket firings end calm on Israel-Gaza border </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/24/hamas.rockets/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/04/24/hamas.rockets/index.html</guid><description>For the first time in five months, the armed wing of Hamas has fired mortars and rockets into Israel from Gaza, breaking an unofficial truce and a period of relative calm along the border.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:04:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hamas sends message to captured Israeli soldier's dad</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/23/israel.hamas/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/23/israel.hamas/index.html</guid><description>A Hamas leader on Friday offered a message to the father of an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in June: If you want your son to be released, get your country to follow our demands.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 20:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Israelis kill 7 in Gaza raid, Palestinians say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/23/gaza.violence/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/10/23/gaza.violence/index.html</guid><description>Israeli forces killed a senior Palestinian militant commander and six others Monday in northern Gaza, Palestinian security sources said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel gets 'sign of life' from captive soldier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/20/israeli.soldier/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/20/israeli.soldier/index.html</guid><description>Israeli officials Wednesday said that a "sign of life" had been received from Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped in a cross-border raid by Palestinian militants.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian unity government talks on hold</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/17/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/09/17/mideast/index.html</guid><description>Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has suspended talks on a unity government with Hamas until after he returns from a United Nations meeting in New York, according to Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel strikes Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry in Gaza</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/16/gaza/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/16/gaza/index.html</guid><description>Israeli aircraft blasted the Palestinian Authority's Foreign Ministry offices in Gaza early Monday for the second time in less than a week, Palestinian sources and the Israeli military said.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jul 2006 09:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israeli troops move back into Gaza</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/15/gaza/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/15/gaza/index.html</guid><description>The Israel Defense Forces re-entered northern Gaza late Saturday, Israeli military sources said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2006 21:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel hits Gaza with new strikes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/11/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/11/mideast/index.html</guid><description>An Israeli airstrike killed at least seven Palestinians and wounded 15 others as Israeli troops moved into new areas of central Gaza early Wednesday, Palestinian sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hamas leader insists on prisoner swap for Israeli soldier</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/10/mideast/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/10/mideast/index.html</guid><description>As Israeli airstrikes continued Monday in Gaza, a Hamas political leader said the Palestinian people won't accept the release of an Israeli soldier until the Jewish state agrees to free Palestinian prisoners.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Olmert: Gaza operations to continue</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/10/olmert.gaza/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/10/olmert.gaza/index.html</guid><description>Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Monday put no time limit on military operations in Gaza designed to free an Israeli soldier abducted two weeks ago and rout out Palestinian militants firing missiles into Israel.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 10:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Missiles, rocket fly between Israel, Gaza</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/09/israel.gaza/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/09/israel.gaza/index.html</guid><description>New Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza on Sunday, Palestinian sources said, killing one Palestinian and wounding more than a dozen others as Israel continued its push to free a kidnapped soldier.</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel launches new strikes in Gaza</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/08/israel.gaza/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/08/israel.gaza/index.html</guid><description>Israel launched more attacks against targets in Gaza early Sunday, continuing its bid to retrieve a soldier who was kidnapped two weeks ago.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 10:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Israel moves into central 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office</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/01/israel.soldier/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/01/israel.soldier/index.html</guid><description>An Israeli helicopter-fired missile hit the office of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya early Sunday, Palestinian sources said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 05:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Palestinian militants demand release of prisoners</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/30/israel.soldier/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/30/israel.soldier/index.html</guid><description>Three Palestinian militant groups reportedly holding an Israeli soldier hostage issued demands Saturday shortly after an Israeli state-run television station reported that Cpl. 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