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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Israel marks 1,000 days since soldier's capture AFP - Sunday, March 22 JERUSALEM (AFP) - - The family of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants in Gaza, on Saturday marked 1,000 days since his capture after 11th hour indirect talks failed to bring about his release. ADVERTISEMENT The Shalits planned to leave a protest tent erected across the street from the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem that has drawn scores of supporters from across the country and return to their home in northern Israel. "We'll keep the tent until tonight and then we'll go back home," said Noam Shalit, the captured soldier's father and the public face of the campaign for his release. He added that there would be a "public event" at 8:00 pm (1800 GMT) but declined to give further details. Shalit on Friday angrily blamed outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for failing to secure the release of his son, who was captured by Palestinian militants in a deadly cross-border raid in June 2006. "Olmert failed and never really dealt with the issue from the start. The bottom line is that he failed," he said. "I was never optimistic and I never imagined that what he failed to do in nearly 1,000 days he would succeed at the last minute," he added, referring to the failure of Egyptian-mediated talks aimed at securing a prisoner exchange. The Islamist Hamas movement that seized power in Gaza in June 2007 had demanded Israel free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in return for Shalit, including scores of men implicated in deadly attacks on Israelis. Olmert on Tuesday blamed Hamas for the failure of the Egyptian-brokered prisoner talks, saying Israel was prepared to release 320 of the 450 prisoners demanded by the group but that there were "red lines" he would not cross. Olmert will soon likely be succeeded by a right-wing government led by the hawkish Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who has not said how he would try to secure Shalit's release but is expected to take a harder line with Hamas. In the meantime Israel has vowed to step up pressure on the group and Olmert has said Israel will not lift a punishing economic blockade of the Gaza Strip imposed after Hamas took power until Shalit is set free. The 22-year-old conscript who was seized at the age of 19 has become a cause celebre in Israel, where military service is compulsory and many believe the government has a sacred duty to bring all its soldiers home. The protest tent has drawn thousands of people from all walks of life and different parts of the country over the past two weeks, many of them teenagers looking ahead to the start of their military service at age 18. Shalit has been held in a secret location since his capture and the last word from him came in June 2008, when he was allowed to send a letter to his family in which he begged the government to secure his release. He had previously been allowed to send two letters and an audiotape. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article Average (0 votes) Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World UK-World SummaryReuters - 53 minutes ago Romania weighs decriminalizing consensual incestAP - 57 minutes ago Afghans mark New Year amid bloodshedAFP - 58 minutes ago The fiesta is over in recession-stricken SpainAP - 1 hour 7 minutes ago Madagascar's Rajoelina installed as presidentAFP - 1 hour 13 minutes ago Enlarge Photo An Israeli student holds a picture of captured soldier Gilad Shalit during a protest calling for his release near the Israeli kibbutz of Yad Mordechay close to the border with the Gaza Strip on March 20. The family of Shalit have marked 1,000 days since his capture after 11th hour indirect talks failed to bring about his release. Most Popular – World Viewed Madoff loses bail appeal as victims' rage revealed Actress Natasha Richardson dies after ski accident Obama budget deficit could hit 1.845 trln dlrs Arrest warrant issued for Lindsay Lohan Global warming leaving its mark on polar bears View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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