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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > International > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Video shows Israeli soldier well; prisoners freed Fri Oct 2, 2009 11:02am EDT Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli soldier held captive by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas for the past three years appears healthy and coherent in a two-minute video received by Israel on Friday, Israeli officials said. In the classic "proof of life" gesture, Gilad Shalit, abducted in 2006, was shown holding an Arabic-language newspaper dated September 14, said one official who saw the video. He read from a text, telling of his condition and asking for his release. He was shaved and his hair was short. He was wearing glasses and dressed in what appeared to be military uniform, the official said. The recorded images of Shalit, 23, were handed over in exchange for Israel's release of 20 Palestinian women from its jails, one of whom brought home a 20-month-old boy born in prison to a joyful reception in the Islamist-run Gaza Strip. The swap with Hamas, brokered by German and Egyptian diplomacy, could be a step toward a larger prisoner release and eventual freedom for Shalit, priorities for Israel and Hamas since his capture in a cross-border raid in June 2006. "Although the path to his release is still long and difficult, the knowledge that he is healthy encourages us all," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted as saying by his spokesman Nir Hefetz. Hefetz told reporters: "The prime minister believes the video is important because it confirms Gilad Shalit's condition and places total responsibility for Gilad's well-being on Hamas." In the Gaza Strip, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said he hoped it would be "a step on the way to freeing our men and women prisoners from occupation jails." "I hope it will be step toward Palestinian reconciliation and national unity. I see the Palestinian people today united behind this step," he told a crowd welcoming home Fatima al-Zaq, who was pregnant when arrested and gave birth in jail. SIMULTANEOUS SWAP Shalit, who is also a French citizen, served in a tank unit. He was last seen by Israelis when Islamist militants tunneled into Israel from the Gaza Strip and killed two of his fellow soldiers. Two attackers were also killed and Shalit was abducted. The International Committee of the Red Cross has not visited Shalit and only a few letters and an audio tape have reached his parents, who have waged a campaign for his release. Israeli officials said the video was authenticated before the women were released. Shalit's parents saw copies before deciding to make it public later in the day. The video was handed over as a convoy of Red Cross jeeps carried 18 freed women prisoners over the Beitunya checkpoint into the West Bank while al-Zaq went to Gaza with her baby. The final prisoner in the swap was due to be released on Sunday. In both the West Bank and Hamas-ruled Gaza, the first stop for the freed women was the government headquarters, where official receptions and celebrations were held and speakers demanded the release of hundreds of long-term prisoners. Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! Facebook LinkedIn Next Article: Aid trickles in as Indonesia quake toll hits 1,100 Also On Reuters Slideshow Slideshow: Pictures of the month: September Support for abortion rights falls in U.S. Analysis: In Iran, concerns of another Iraq More International News Aid trickles in as Indonesia quake toll hits 1,100 | Video "Super typhoon" bears down on flood-ravaged Philippines Fresh quake near Tonga, tsunami toll nears 200 | Video Fledging Afghan army grapples with high expectations Iran nuclear talks with U.S. and allies eases tension | Video More International News... 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