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Gaza militant: Gilad Shalit is living in paradise
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Gaza Strip, Gilad Shalit 

Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped by Gaza militants in 2006, is "living in paradise," the British newspaper Sunday Times quoted a leader of the Gaza Strip Doghmush clan as saying.

In an interview with the Sunday Times reporter Christine Toomey, who embarked on a journey in search of the captive soldier in the Gaza Strip, clan elder Abu Khatab Doghmush said that the Army of Islam, the militant group affiliated with the clan, is not currently holding Shalit, despite the fact that the group is believed to have taken part in the abduction.

"The only faction that controls his life now is the Qassam Brigades," Abu Khatab told Toomey, referring to the Hamas-affiliated militant group. "But I can tell you that Shalit is living in a paradise. Our religion of Islam demands that we look after prisoners even more than we do our own people," the newspaper quoted him as saying.
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Abu Khatab added specific details regarding Shalit's treatment, saying "He's not being kept in a closed room all the time - this would not be healthy. He can go out and take fresh air," rejecting speculations that the Israeli soldier is being held underground, booby trapped with explosives.

"Every year a party is held to celebrate his birthday. Yes, there is a cake and candles, music, everything," Abu Khatab added.

Toomey also spoke with senior Hamas official and former foreign minister Mahmoud Zahar, who is quoted as saying that he doesn't know anything about how Shalit is being treated by his captors, but his conditions are certain to be better than those of the Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.

"Nobody from the political or military wing of Hamas knows where Shalit is," Zahar is quoted as saying. "Only the small group who kidnapped him know. They are very secretive."

The reported interviewed the spokesman of the Palestinian group the Popular Resistance Committees, which took part in the planning of the abduction. The spokesman, Abu Mujahed, described how the prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas should transpire, saying "after the Israelis free the first 100 Palestinian prisoners, Shalit would be moved to Egypt. Once he?s in Egypt, the Israelis would have to free 1,000 more of our brothers and sisters before he is released. We were very close to agreeing a deal a year ago, then the Israelis stopped negotiations. We were amazed that they were prepared to go back to zero. It is the Israelis who are putting obstacles in the way of an agreement."

"If we do not see some results soon, we will be forced to close the file," he added.
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  1.   Living in Paradise 14:07  |  Jackie 14/09/08
  2.   Look at Kuntar that fat pig.. He was abused in Israeli jail..Give 14:25  |  Ben 14/09/08
  3.   Let`s hope Shalit will be able to confirm this "royal treatement" 14:29  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/09/08
  4.   The "Sunday Times" and its articles. 14:48  |  Stephen 14/09/08
  5.   paradise 15:18  |  Ralph 14/09/08
  6.   how does the sunday times spell paradise?? 15:36  |  v.hardman 14/09/08
  7.   Agree with Jackie 15:44  |  Taly 14/09/08
  8.   ARROGANCE OF SWISS 16:08  |  Brant 14/09/08
  9.   Hamas/Hezbollah are hypocrites! 16:20  |  Murray the Mongoose 14/09/08
  10.   Closing the file. 16:31  |  Charles Smyth 14/09/08
  11.   Response to Jackie 16:32  |  Frank 14/09/08
  12.   I agree with Murray 16:35  |  Frank 14/09/08
  13.   # 3, SWISS (DINO) 17:04  |  indrajaya 14/09/08
  14.   # 7 BRANT, I`m afraid as an American, you should rather.... 17:20  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/09/08
  15.   Close the file...? 17:31  |  Elihu 14/09/08
  16.   # 13 indrajaya 17:49  |  Swiss (Dino) 14/09/08
  17.   To Swiss [Dino] 14 - Prisoners...... 18:12  |  Dagma 14/09/08
  18.   Israel regularly arrests and imprisons Palestinians 18:13  |  Natallie Durson 14/09/08
  19.   #18 Durson; On the same day that a cat. 4 hurricane hits Sahara! 18:57  |  Murray the Mongoose 14/09/08
  20.   Swiss 19:18  |  Scott 14/09/08
  21.   # 3 Swiss ...on "living in paradise" 19:56  |  Lynn 14/09/08
  22.   Pain free Israelis 19:58  |  Victoria 14/09/08
  23.   He is living in Hell - correct translation 20:07  |  Anonymous 14/09/08
  24.   Pain free??? 20:18  |  Scott 14/09/08
  25.   Gilad Shalit 20:23  |  Cyasher 14/09/08
  26.   Natallie hypocritical comments 21:09  |  Israeli citizen 14/09/08
  27.   "living in paradise" to muslims means,dead,living in heaven with 21:14  |  terrornator 14/09/08
  28.   Pain free? Hypocritical comments, m`am. Shame 21:27  |  Israeli citizen 14/09/08
  29.   They are not treating him well and they are lying about it 22:13  |  Anonymous 14/09/08
  30.   I believe that Hamas because of their religiosity probably are 22:42  |  lakshmi 14/09/08
  31.   they can still bomb them out of existence 23:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 14/09/08
  32.   #29 Lakshmi 00:22  |  Angus 15/09/08
  33.   Gaza militant: Gilad Shalit is living in paradise 00:58  |  yy 15/09/08
  34.   #20 scott 01:10  |  wh 15/09/08
  35.   The Islamic View of Paradise 02:21  |  Brad 15/09/08
  36.   Israel should close the file on Hamastan 04:55  |  Jewboy 15/09/08
  37.   Shalit is living in Gaza Hell;the murderers know nothing about 07:41  |  glenna 16/09/08
  38.   Remember Terry Waite?? muslims do not treat their hostages well 13:40  |  Benjamina 16/09/08
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