Shalit's father says he is willing to trade himself for his son - Haaretz

Last update - 16:12 10/01/2007

Shalit's father says he is willing to trade himself for his son

By Haaretz Staff and the Associated Press

Noam Shalit said Wednesday that he was willing to turn himself over to a group of Hamas-linked Palestinian militants if they would release his son Gilad from captivity.

Cpl. Gilad Shalit was captured June 25 by Hamas-linked militants in a Gaza cross-border raid. Prisoner swap negotiations to free him, brokered by Egyptian mediators, have failed.

Shalit said if the kidnappers needed assurances, he was willing to offer himself up as collateral until a final deal could be secured.

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"I am ready to vouch for the rest of the deal," he told The Associated Press. "If they don't trust the Egyptians or the Israelis, I said that I am ready to go to Gaza and sit with the Hamas and wait for the deal."

Noam Shalit also told Army Radio on Wednesday that he is willing to guarantee the demands of his son's captors are met.

One of the Palestinian militant groups behind Shalit's capture in June last year said Tuesday that he is in "good health."

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1.	HAMAS should know: any harm to GILAD will result in STONE AGE	16:33	\|	Vittorio	10/01/07

2.	And the difference would be? Vittorio?	17:04	\|	Eckestein	10/01/07

3.	He is Courageous	17:25	\|	Wiseone	10/01/07

4.	He should be treated as a POW (without the geneva rights)	17:47	\|	Sam I am not	10/01/07

5.	Well said Eckestein	17:47	\|	jeff	10/01/07

6.	Utterly pathetic	18:00	\|	Stephen Murray	10/01/07

7.	palestinians act like gang members	18:09	\|	Bimmer	10/01/07

8.	So what you`re saying is Stephen M. is that you have a direct...	18:20	\|	Jacob Blues	10/01/07

9.	#6: not pathetic	18:22	\|	Paul Freedman	10/01/07

10.	The silence of international humanitarian agencies	19:43	\|	Bimmer	10/01/07

11.	Stephen Murray	20:05	\|	Shlomo Yaros	10/01/07

12.	Israel needs men like you	22:11	\|	Rav Harley	10/01/07

13.	To Vittorio	00:12	\|	Jose Marcio	11/01/07