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Ismail Haniyeh holding the son of Fatima Younis Zaq, after the boy and his mother were released from an Israeli prison Friday.
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Hamas vows to try to kidnap more IDF soldiers
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, Shalit Video 

Hamas, the militant Islamic organization that currently holds IDF soldier Gilad Shalit captive in the Gaza Strip, vowed Friday to try to kidnap additional Israeli soldiers.

"We will continue our efforts to kidnap soldiers in order to free every one of our prisoners in Israel," Hamas leader Khaled Meshal said in Damascus.

Meshal, whose statements came during a speech in Damascus, added "I say to [Israel Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu and to the leaders of the enemy, we understand the language that you understand...We in Hamas managed to take Shalit captive and hold him for more than three years and use him as in order to mount comprehensive negotiations for the release of prisoners."
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Meshal then warned, "We can take another Shalit captive, and another Shalit, and another Shalit."

Meshal's statements came hours after Israel received a video of Shalit from Hamas in exchange for 20 Palestinian female prisoners held in Israel jails. The video was the first image of Sahlit seen in Israel since he was taken captive by Hamas in a cross-border raid in June 2006.

Haniyeh: Shalit video deal a triumph for the resistance
Hamas Gaza chief Ismail Haniyeh said on Friday that a deal exchanging Palestinian prisoners for the Gilad Shalit videotape was a 'triumph' of the armed resistance against Israel.

Speaking in front of an assembled Gaza crowd, the Hamas strongmen congratulated the families of the female prisoners released earlier Friday, saying Hamas would not rest until all the Palestinian prisoners jailed in Israel would be released.

"This is a day of great hope. We welcome our incarcerated sisters on this blessed day in a deal between the Israeli enemy and the victorious Hamas battalions," Haniyeh said.


"This is an amazing accomplishment to the Palestinians who captured Shalit," he added, saying it was "a great triumph to the resistance."

Speaking to the Palestinian prisoners still jailed in Israel, the Hamas Gaza chief said that the Palestinian were a people "who does not forget its prisoners and my government will not give up on your freedom," adding that "the armed forces will not give up on your honor."

Earlier Friday, Israel Radio had reported that the militant organization was planning to hold a victory parade, urging Palestinians to take to the streets to celebrate the release of Palestinian prisoners exchanged with Israel for a videotape of Shalit.

In addition, Channel 10 reported that Hamas activists had said they were barred by Palestinian security forces from participating in celebrations taking place in the Fatah-controlled West Bank.

Israel ordered the release of 19 Palestinian woman prisoners earlier Friday after it had verified that the video of Shalit it received earlier had indeed met its demands.

Members of the Israeli negotiating team for Shalit's release viewed the footage to ensure it met Israel's demands - primarily with regard to how recently it was filmed. Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi has also viewed the video.

As soon as it was determined that the tape did indeed meet requirements, the Palestinian prisoners were transferred to Red Cross vehicles which finalized their release by transporting them over the border with the West Bank.

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      1.   BANANA REPUBLIC 13:05  |  Brant 02/10/09
      2.   why would Hamas be happy about 20 women being released? 13:10  |  Avi 02/10/09
      3.   A "triumph"? Twenty adult women are equal in their eyes to... 13:26  |  Eitan 02/10/09
      4.   a small price for Israel to pay 13:49  |  JO 02/10/09
      5.   Nour 13:51  |  Palestine 02/10/09
      6.   Humiliate Abbas and build up Hamas. A triumph for Israel. Not. 14:23  |  Michael 02/10/09
      7.   #3 Eitan 14:35  |  Froy 02/10/09
      8.   Release of women 14:39  |  Carole, UK 02/10/09
      9.   hamas claim of victory 14:43  |  oneatatime 02/10/09
      10.   Victorious Battalions 15:01  |  The Prophet 02/10/09
      11.   Released Prisoners need Commit Only 1 Crime to Offset... 15:33  |  david 02/10/09
      12.   triumph 15:37  |  Yaron 02/10/09
      13.   I WAS WRONG 15:47  |  Swiss (Dino) 02/10/09
      14.   "armed struggle" 15:53  |  Jeff 02/10/09
      15.   Let the world see. 16:03  |  Tzfonit 02/10/09
      16.   An interesting sideline in the report 16:11  |  r cummings 02/10/09
      17.   shows what their aims are 16:16  |  x-ray 02/10/09
      18.   michael result An Israel is alive! 16:22  |  x-ray 02/10/09
      19.   Froy 16:44  |  Mea 02/10/09
      20.   The best deal was the first offer 16:47  |  Mark Lincoln 02/10/09
      21.   Carole, how naive. #8 16:49  |  Roo 02/10/09
      22.   Your position is irrational Eitan 16:55  |  Mark Lincoln 02/10/09
      23.   Carole, how naive. #8 17:55  |  Roo 02/10/09
      24.   Eitan is right on the mark: they don`t value life, including that 17:57  |  Bernard 02/10/09
      25.   Hamas recognozed G/Stone mission and cooperated. 18:03  |  17 02/10/09
      26.   The "triumph" is the matter between Hanye and his 18:21  |  17 02/10/09
      27.   20 prisoners is a "triumph" if one is an economist 19:42  |  Jacob Blues 02/10/09
      28.   Hilarious 20:25  |  Mark 02/10/09
      29.   Swiss Dingo 21:55  |  Milad 02/10/09
      30.   A triamph indeed... 21:55  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 02/10/09
      31.   Jacob Blues. Very far fetched, even for you. 21:56  |  Roo 02/10/09
      32.   @6 Michael`s brilliant post hits the nail on the head as usual 22:03  |  Ben Alofs 02/10/09
      33.   Jacob Blues 22:05  |  Milad 02/10/09
      34.   and israel can always arrest another palestinian, and another... 22:14  |  david 02/10/09
      35.   Encouraged by Issacharoff and "Haaretz"` mindless articles 22:18  |  Absolute Sweden 02/10/09
      36.   How many will die? 22:21  |  SDHD 02/10/09
      37.   then Israel should respond likewise 22:22  |  JO 02/10/09
      38.   Result. And the border will remain closed forever. 22:24  |  JO 02/10/09
      39.   Israel and Hamas 22:35  |  Rigoletto 02/10/09
      40.   Michael (#6) You are Blind as a Bat 22:40  |  Gil 02/10/09
      41.   "the Israeli enemy" ? 22:52  |  Dan 02/10/09
      42.   @ 19 Mea, I agree with Froy 22:53  |  Ben Alofs 02/10/09
      43.   israheli hold 11000 kidnap victums 22:53  |  goose and gander 02/10/09
      44.   @30 Roo, well spoken 22:59  |  Ben Alofs 02/10/09
      45.   silence from the UN 23:01  |  vik 02/10/09
      46.   Hamas would kidnap, but Hezbollah wouldN`T 23:09  |  A 02/10/09
      47.   Arrest vis kidnap? 23:15  |  Fred blogs 02/10/09
      48.   Kidnap Hamas leaders 23:30  |  zoe 02/10/09
      49.   Israel will arrest more Hamas members 23:32  |  a wandering Jew 02/10/09
      50.   Micahael is right 23:36  |  Dave Duncan 02/10/09
      51.   Be on the lookout 23:59  |  utagawa 02/10/09
      52.   #23 00:01  |  charles 03/10/09
      53.   Wise policy 00:08  |  Nathaniel 03/10/09
      54.   And so it begins 00:09  |  A TRUE American 03/10/09
      55.   Where is the Mossad? 00:10  |  Missed The Point 03/10/09
      56.   Counter Hamas 00:11  |  Brod 03/10/09
      57.   Post # 13 is of course A BLOODY FAKE !!! 00:27  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/10/09
      58.   Poor Mr Abbas... the elected Hamas politicians have triumphed. 00:30  |  Maureen Ann 03/10/09
      59.   Triumph fo Hamas? 00:42  |  Edifice 03/10/09
      60.   Israel "arrests"; Palestinians "kidnap". More Haaretz hypocrisy 00:53  |  peacelover 03/10/09
      61.   whats happenned to mossad!!!!!!!! 01:18  |  Jim 03/10/09
      62.   Missed The Point 01:19  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/09
      63.   i am sure al qassams could give a little speach about `rights 01:38  |  self incriminate 03/10/09
      64.   palestine 01:41  |  Connie 03/10/09
      65.   So there`s no point to do a Shalit deal! 01:42  |  MARK KLEIN, M.D. 03/10/09
      66.   Kidnapping kids and putting them on starvation diets 01:55  |  Jason 03/10/09
      67.   Demanding ransom for a sign of life 02:32  |  allang 03/10/09
      68.   20 less mouths for Israel to feed and one who will die 02:35  |  Murray of Montreal 03/10/09
      69.   Hamas vows to kidnap more IDF 05:04  |  Jon I. 03/10/09
      70.   Problems all around 05:22  |  Morris Valentine 03/10/09
      71.   #2, Here is why. 06:40  |  Middle East Guru 03/10/09
      72.   For Mark Lincoln, # 62. 06:55  |  Fortuna Benmayor 03/10/09
      73.   Earth to Jon I 07:42  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/09
      74.   Start kinapping Hamas fighters 07:44  |  nacl 03/10/09
      75.   Morris Valentine - mixed reviews 07:48  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/09
      76.   Hamas calls to violate the law, to smash human rights, and the 07:48  |  Eitan 03/10/09
      77.   So there`s no point to do a Shalit deal!. . .? 07:56  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/09
      78.   Anyone want to get real? 08:02  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/09
      79.   So where does the `reality` Israel desires lead? 08:08  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/09
      80.   what a stupid thing to say! 08:58  |  eric 03/10/09
      81.   There needs to be a permanent border with Gaza 09:56  |  JO 03/10/09
      82.   Hamas vos to abduct more Israelis and not a single Arab leader, 10:10  |  Eitan 03/10/09
      83.   Meshal has very low standards for "victory" 10:27  |  Conroy 03/10/09
      84.   Hamas are justified in their struggle 10:50  |  Omar 03/10/09
      85.   Morris V it will end when the PA wants it to 10:54  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/10/09
      86.   For Rich 1 10:57  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 03/10/09
      87.   Hamas 1 - Israel 0 11:09  |  had enough 03/10/09
      88.   lDo they really want these women? 11:57  |  FOX 03/10/09
      89.   Maureen dearest #58 12:08  |  FOX 03/10/09
      90.   Morris Valentine, good points #70 12:14  |  Roo 03/10/09
      91.   Hamas & released fat women 12:38  |  The Teacher/Instruct 03/10/09
      92.   #70 Fake Morris Valentine 13:44  |  Yancee 03/10/09
      93.   Eitan an opinion from Mary Robinson to a squatter 13:51  |  Labhras 03/10/09
      94.   Pathetic Pals 14:07  |  Disgraceful UN 03/10/09
      95.   #20-Lincoln trots out his old lie 15:37  |  peter 03/10/09
      96.   #48 you`re behind the game 17:15  |  Outsider 03/10/09
      97.   # 35 Absolute Sweden 17:32  |  Joseph .E 03/10/09
      98.   Fortuna - the comment to which I responded 19:39  |  Mark Lincoln 03/10/09
      99.   #77 Mark Lincoln. Could be in a tunnel. 20:31  |  Maureen Ann 03/10/09
      100.   #72 Dear Fortuna, maybe its better to stay 20:36  |  Ardi 03/10/09
      101.   kidnapping people is a cowardly act 21:02  |  mehmet 03/10/09
      102.   an article testifying to the cowardice of non-freedom fighters 21:17  |  jj 03/10/09
      103.   Swiss (dino) suffering 00:42  |  A TRUE American 04/10/09
      104.   Hamas vows to kidnap more, 23:41  |  The Teacher/instruct 04/10/09
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