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		Hamas' exiled political leader Khaled Meshal. (Reuters)

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Meshal: Israel won't admit it can't free Shalit without a price

By Haaretz Service and Reuters

Hamas' exiled political leader has blamed Israel for the delay in negotiations on the release of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit, in an interview published Thursday in Lebanon's al-Akhbar daily newspaper

"There is no other way except negotiations, which have not started yet because Israel refuses to admit that its attempts to free the soldier without a price have failed," said exiled leader Khaled Meshal.

Israel has pursued a military offensive in the Gaza Strip to free Shalit, who was seized by Hamas militants on June 25 in a cross-border. At least 209 Palestinians, around half of them civilians, have been killed during IDF attacks since June 28.

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Meshal told al-Akhbar that there has been no advance in negotiations, despite the interest of international delegates.

"We receive many international delegations that come to discuss the issue but none of them has a full and serious mandate," the Damascus-based leader added.

Al-Akhbar did not say when the interview was conducted.

Israeli officials denied this week that an agreement had been reached between Israel and the Palestinians to hand over Shalit to Egypt in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, as Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas was quoted as saying in an interview published on Tuesday.

Vice Premier Shimon Peres said on Tuesday Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would hold his first peace summit with Abbas if Shalit was freed

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