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Noam Shalit speaking at a counter-terrorism conference in Herzliya on Sunday. (IDC Herzliya)
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Noam Shalit: Israel's deterrence mustn't rest on my son's back
By Avi Isaacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies

The father of kidnapped Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit on Sunday expressed his frustration over the state's inability to bring his son home, saying "don't give me fairy tales on the need to establish [Israeli] deterrence on the back of a single 19-year-old soldier."

On Saturday, the IDF seized a Hamas militant suspected of having been involved in Shalit's abduction near the Gaza border last summer.

Speaking at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism's seventh annual conference at the Inter-Disciplinary Center in Herzliya, Noam Shalit said called on the government to show "determination, consistency and creativity in efforts to secure my son's release."

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According to Shalit, the families of the other two soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah militants shortly after Gilad was seized, and his own family, were deeply disappointed with the inability of Israel, "with all its authorities and grand institutions, to bring home the boys that were kidnapped during terrorist activity 14 months ago already."

Referring to last week's ceremony during which the IDF awarded medals and citations of bravery to soldiers who fought in the Second Lebanon War, Shalit said "last week we understood that 90 percent of the medals were awarded for bravery in extraction operations in the battle fields. Therefore, in Gilad's case, where there is no military option, Israel must utilize all other means."

Another speaker at the conference was the wife of Ehud Goldwasser, a reservist soldier who was kidnapped by Hezbollah near Israel's northern border last summer, together with fellow soldier Eldad Regev. She said that she rejects the kidnappers' various demands in exchange for information on her husband's health. "It is unacceptable to me to pay for a sign of life from the boys," she said.

Meanwhile, Israel Radio reported Sunday that the senior Hamas militant seized in an undercover IDF raid deep in southern Gaza on Saturday was involved in Sahlit's abduction.

Hamas said commandos dressed in the light blue fatigues of Hamas's paramilitary police Executive Force drove up to Mohawesh al-Qadi's car outside Rafah on Friday night, bundled him into their vehicle, and escaped.

Al-Qadi, a local Executive Force commander who also serves in the Hamas armed wing, was with his wife at the time. She was left behind and reported the incident to Hamas, spokesmen from the group reported.

Palestinians familiar with al-Qadi said that he was currently the spokesman for Hamas security forces in Gaza, but he had a long history of involvement with groups using tunnels to smuggle arms into the strip, and could have knowledge of those using tunnels to infiltrate Israel.

Shalit in a joint Palestinian raid, during which Hamas and other armed groups used a tunnel to cross under the Gaza border fence and attack an IDF position inside Israeli territory.
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  2.   Bravo, IDF 20:10  |  KUTW 08/09/07
  3.   See...Israeli willing to talk to Hamas after all 20:12  |  Kevin 08/09/07
  4.   BRAVO IDF 20:21  |  ALAN 08/09/07
  5.   Israeli Finesse - Cannot be Matched By Anyone 20:30  |  Eli 08/09/07
  6.   Intelligence : Hamas Mad, Now Justified to Go After IDF. 20:53  |  Kevin 08/09/07
  7.   #3. Kevin 20:54  |  Rolando 08/09/07
  8.   Kol Akavod IDF - To: 3-Kevin 21:01  |  elicha 08/09/07
  9.   Kol Hakovod IDF 21:03  |  Igor 08/09/07
  10.   Hey Kevin 21:16  |  andres 08/09/07
  11.   fantastic this is how we should communicate with hamas and all 21:22  |  ralph 08/09/07
  12.   Trade him for Shalit 21:25  |  Lynn 08/09/07
  13.   Next on the line 21:28  |  Lotec 08/09/07
  14.   The Hand of Jah 21:32  |  Lotec 08/09/07
  15.   Love to be a fly on the wall 21:33  |  Robert 08/09/07
  16.   May he confuse those who devise wicked plans in their hearts 21:35  |  Lotec 08/09/07
  17.   #3 21:40  |  Reuven 08/09/07
  18.   Elite Forces 21:46  |  Brod 08/09/07
  19.   Good - now trade him for Shalit 21:51  |  B`galil 08/09/07
  20.   Kevin $ 3 I pity you 21:57  |  Chanahs 08/09/07
  21.   Sayeret Matkal?? 21:58  |  Lotec 08/09/07
  22.   Now will start seeing Hamas shooting at Hamas 22:08  |  Lucifer 08/09/07
  23.   great mission!!! 22:11  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 08/09/07
  24.   Israel Has Every Right 22:13  |  Irene 08/09/07
  25.   Lynn 22:15  |  KUTW 08/09/07
  26.   Alan 22:17  |  KUTW 08/09/07
  27.   Chanahs 22:18  |  KUTW 08/09/07
  28.   REMINDER OF ENTEBBE!!! 22:23  |  MATTHEW 08/09/07
  29.   Kidnapping & Murder by the IDF 22:27  |  PAUL 08/09/07
  30.   #14 22:35  |  Robert 08/09/07
  31.   Irene #24 22:38  |  Veritas 08/09/07
  32.   Great israeli finesse!Another Palestinian teenager shot & killed 22:41  |  lakshmi 08/09/07
  33.   All great and wonderful, but was it really Israeli? 22:45  |  William 08/09/07
  34.   Pro-Israeli Extremist posts 22:50  |  PAUL 08/09/07
  35.   Great job IDF! Keep up the good work! 22:54  |  RA 08/09/07
  36.   LAKSHMI AND MAN EATING TIGERS 23:12  |  Brant 08/09/07
  37.   Perhaps a trade 23:17  |  Ron 08/09/07
  38.   C`mon Lakshmi 23:25  |  Ron 08/09/07
  39.   A trade 23:25  |  Adrian de Klerk 08/09/07
  40.   Perhaps Hamas 23:29  |  steve 08/09/07
  41.   No. 32 Lakshmi 23:36  |  steve 08/09/07
  42.   Al-Qadi 23:44  |  Mike 08/09/07
  43.   adrian de klerk 23:47  |  Connie 08/09/07
  44.   38Ron,you know when we`ll both stop posting in Haaretz? 23:53  |  lakshmi 08/09/07
  45.   34. PAUL: Should we cry for the terrorist the IDF caught? 23:53  |  KUTW 08/09/07
  46.   lakshmi and the taste of blood 23:55  |  Joe Sittizen 08/09/07
  47.   Red Crescent 00:05  |  ados 09/09/07
  48.   Proud of IDF !!! 00:06  |  Albert 09/09/07
  49.   41Steve, I believe it is greed and hubris! The 30 billion dollars 00:08  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  50.   Kevin # 6 00:08  |  Albert 09/09/07
  51.   #34 Paul si Blatant stupid 00:15  |  Albert 09/09/07
  52.   Ashkanazi will rebuild IDF... IDF #1 in the world.. 00:18  |  Tom 09/09/07
  53.   Brave Mistarabim 00:40  |  Mart 09/09/07
  54.   LAKSMI AND HUBRIS 00:42  |  Brant 09/09/07
  55.   IDF THUGS & WAR CRIMINALS 00:46  |  PAUL 09/09/07
  56.   # 25 KUTW 01:00  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  57.   #52 The IDF has a way to go before it can say its professional.. 01:01  |  Don Camillo 09/09/07
  58.   lakshmi # 32 sometimes the shoe 01:02  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  59.   cipora kohn re great mission 01:02  |  realism 09/09/07
  60.   26 KUTW 01:03  |  alan 09/09/07
  61.   # 44 lakshmi and Res. 181 01:05  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  62.   #34 3 cheers for extremism ,get the show back on the road 01:08  |  victor hardman 09/09/07
  63.   Olmert prepares major surrender to the pals ,hence the action 01:16  |  Absolute Sweden 09/09/07
  64.   Lakshmi and The Tiger - I Have Posted To You Before And I Will 01:32  |  Eli 09/09/07
  65.   # 56 Not too bound in realism or thought 01:42  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  66.   # 34 Paul and the extremists 01:46  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  67.   Lakshmi and The Rise Of China, India and Russia 01:49  |  Eli 09/09/07
  68.   # 41 steve, what was wrong with the peace offer 01:49  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  69.   Paul # 29 01:55  |  ChanahS 09/09/07
  70.   Veritas # 31 01:57  |  ChanahS 09/09/07
  71.   Lakshmi # 32 01:58  |  ChanahS 09/09/07
  72.   Great Job IDF! 02:02  |  Matt 09/09/07
  73.   The Brilliance of Brant # 36 02:03  |  ChanahS 09/09/07
  74.   Paul @ 55 02:06  |  ChanahS 09/09/07
  75.   KUTW # 27 02:09  |  ChanahS 09/09/07
  76.   64 Eli & 61 Lynn, 64 Eli,I was talking about sick old man eating 02:19  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  77.   Zionist terrorists. Have never changed their stripes! 02:24  |  Maureen Ann 09/09/07
  78.   Kevin in New Mexico 02:26  |  rich 09/09/07
  79.   #32..Lakshmi 02:35  |  Nemesis 09/09/07
  80.   #52..camillo 02:38  |  Nemesis 09/09/07
  81.   Paul SPECIAL FOR YOU! 02:42  |  Neil Golan 09/09/07
  82.   10/17/78 - Hamas like SIrgun using terrorism to gain statehood 03:27  |  Kevin 09/09/07
  83.   Israeli Provocation At Every Turn 03:33  |  chet 09/09/07
  84.   Maureen Ann #77 03:35  |  Brod 09/09/07
  85.   77Maureen Ann,greetings! About the terrorist state,did you know 03:59  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  86.   #55.Paul. 04:00  |  Rick 09/09/07
  87.   Kevin and The Start of Terrorism 04:00  |  Eli 09/09/07
  88.   #29, Paul... 04:12  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  89.   #81, Neil Golan 04:14  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  90.   LOL @ Israeli Warmongers 04:33  |  PAUL 09/09/07
  91.   #88 04:45  |  PAUL 09/09/07
  92.   To Lakshmi & Steve 05:03  |  Franco 09/09/07
  93.   #86, Rick from NYC to Paul 05:09  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  94.   #90, Paul... 05:11  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  95.   #84, Brod to Maureen 05:13  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  96.   #87, Eli to Kevin 05:17  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  97.   Silvienne from Ct. - re IDF Undercover Soldiers 05:17  |  Eli 09/09/07
  98.   Paul - We Are Very EXTREME About Protecting Our Country 05:20  |  Eli 09/09/07
  99.   SILVIENNE AND NAZI TACTICS 05:36  |  Brant 09/09/07
  100.   PAUL #91 05:49  |  Brant 09/09/07
  101.   #54 - Well done, Brent! 06:00  |  JES 09/09/07
  102.   #84 Brod. You insult your own intelligence... 06:19  |  Maureen Ann 09/09/07
  103.   lakshmi living in 1947.... 06:21  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  104.   Lakshmi. Nature will have the final say. 06:22  |  Maureen Ann 09/09/07
  105.   Silvienne # 89 06:25  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  106.   KEVIN IS HAVING AN EXCEDRIN HEADACHE TODAY 06:29  |  Murray of Montreal 09/09/07
  107.   # 54 Brant 06:31  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  108.   #90 Paul as you LOL 06:34  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  109.   # 94 Silvienne, same question 06:36  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  110.   # 100 Nature vs. Nurture 06:37  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  111.   OUR WONDERFUL SOLDIERS READ FULL REPORT IN ARUTZ SHEVA 06:40  |  MARY 09/09/07
  112.   It`s time to PUSH 06:48  |  PAUL 09/09/07
  113.   #3 Kevin- Hamas ossifer 06:50  |  KNOE 09/09/07
  114.   Build a roofless prison in Sderot 07:00  |  Robby 09/09/07
  115.   #41 Steve From MINNESOTA 07:08  |  Murray of Montreal 09/09/07
  116.   #105 Lynn. Israel should nurture peace... 07:13  |  Maureen Ann 09/09/07
  117.   #98, Maureen Ann...Brod isn`t the only one! 07:13  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  118.   #95, Eli from California 07:15  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  119.   #104, Lynn, from? 07:17  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  120.   #29- paul 07:19  |  KNOE 09/09/07
  121.   #57, Don Camillo 07:20  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  122.   LET US HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE, Please, 07:26  |  Ian Robertson 09/09/07
  123.   #29 Paul; Kidnapping & Murder by the IDF 07:43  |  Clarence Darrow 09/09/07
  124.   Silvienne dear 07:51  |  Ian Robertson 09/09/07
  125.   The IDF needs to round up the rest of these thugs 07:55  |  Kipperraes 09/09/07
  126.   Paul 08:28  |  Connie 09/09/07
  127.   Kevin 08:34  |  Connie 09/09/07
  128.   Any difference between Israel and Hezbollah? 09:18  |  what am I missing? 09/09/07
  129.   107 paul 09:30  |  max 09/09/07
  130.   MAUREEN N ARAB terrorists. Have never changed their stripes! 09:33  |  PETER.SM 09/09/07
  131.   Ian darling 10:36  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  132.   Curious Talkback censorship 10:36  |  Clickfool 09/09/07
  133.   #114, Peter SM 10:37  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  134.   #113, Max to Paul 10:39  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  135.   For Clickfool #118 11:37  |  Esther 09/09/07
  136.   Sour grapes 12:19  |  Yonatan 09/09/07
  137.   For Yonatan # 135 12:35  |  Clickfool 09/09/07
  138.   127 Connie - OK I`ll Call Your Bluff 12:36  |  Kevin 09/09/07
  139.   #136, Yonatan, the grapes are more than sour... 13:00  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  140.   FOR CLICKFOOL #137 13:07  |  Brant 09/09/07
  141.   92Franco,103 Lynn,the hudna proposed by the Prophet was broken by 13:14  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  142.   105Lynn,correction,it was after israel killed their commander 13:22  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  143.   128what am I missing,you got it wrong,the captured soldiers were 13:28  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  144.   135Esther,how ? By adding him to israel`s long list of 11,000 13:34  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  145.   #32 13:41  |  Moshe 09/09/07
  146.   Steve 13:41  |  Wolf 09/09/07
  147.   Silvienne 13:50  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 09/09/07
  148.   #29 13:53  |  Moshe 09/09/07
  149.   Paul is a Nasserite 13:56  |  Wolf 09/09/07
  150.   Silvienne 13:58  |  Wolf 09/09/07
  151.   For Brant # 140 14:03  |  Clickfool 09/09/07
  152.   #41 14:05  |  Moshe 09/09/07
  153.   #105, Lynn, what murder? 14:19  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  154.   #97, Eli, true story, dear... 14:21  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  155.   #99, No, dear Brant... 14:23  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  156.   Maureen Ann 14:24  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  157.   What are you missing? 14:25  |  Wolf 09/09/07
  158.   #142, Lakshmi, you`re correct... 14:25  |  Silvienne 09/09/07
  159.   IDF - still the best! 14:41  |  don 09/09/07
  160.   israelis 14:44  |  shamir 09/09/07
  161.   israelis 15:02  |  saldin 09/09/07
  162.   Shanah Tovah to all Israel and the wonderful IDF! 16:14  |  Nechama 09/09/07
  163.   #3 does not speak for NEW MEXICO!! 16:23  |  Pam 09/09/07
  164.   send him to Syria for questioning by `extraordinary` measures 16:37  |  colman 09/09/07
  165.   to the honorable 154-155 16:43  |  dovale 09/09/07
  166.   to the honorable 154-155 16:46  |  dovale 09/09/07
  167.   Silvienne # 147 16:57  |  CHanahS 09/09/07
  168.   SILVIENNE #149: YOUR NAZI REFERENCE 17:27  |  Brant 09/09/07
  169.   SILVIENNE: WE MUST OVERWELM OUR ENEMY! 17:50  |  NEIL GOLAN 09/09/07
  170.   SILVIENNE #149 17:55  |  NEIL GOLAN IS MYNAME 09/09/07
  171.   The tragic truth 18:00  |  Mark Lincoln 09/09/07
  172.   154 & 155 Shamir&Saldin 18:02  |  NAJI BENAJI 09/09/07
  173.   to the honorable 164 NAJI BENAJI 18:24  |  dovale 09/09/07
  174.   Make the hamas terrorist 18:42  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  175.   # 119 Silvienne evading simple question 18:48  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  176.   121. Silvienne re Hizbollah 18:48  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  177.   119. Silvienne: Your homeland 18:51  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  178.   # 116 Maureen Ann 18:52  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  179.   # 141 lakshmi what prophet proposed a hudna? 18:55  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  180.   # 147 Silvienne, don`t play the dumb role 18:59  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  181.   152Silvienne,I notice that you are being singled out by Brant; 19:00  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  182.   # 152 Silvienne 19:04  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  183.   great news 19:05  |  evelyn-the christian 09/09/07
  184.   Shalit is a uniformed soldier who was captured while planning 19:08  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  185.   Silvienne 19:09  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  186.   165. Mark Lincoln 19:09  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  187.   # 142 lakshmi 19:12  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  188.   The arrested hamas terrorist 19:13  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  189.   161. CHanahS 19:16  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  190.   KUTW # 169 19:25  |  Lynn 09/09/07
  191.   LAKSHMI AND BRANT (oops, that`s me) 19:27  |  Brant 09/09/07
  192.   This guy should not be allowed to speak 19:31  |  Ash 09/09/07
  193.   Silvienne - Re Extremism and Protecting One`s Country 19:32  |  Eli 09/09/07
  194.   To 128 What am I missing. 19:50  |  Dolly 09/09/07
  195.   180. lakshmi: Singling out 19:53  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  196.   Brant - Not To Worry. Lakshmi Is A Rabid 20:17  |  Eli 09/09/07
  197.   188 Lynn 20:21  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  198.   to Silvienne 20:27  |  dovale 09/09/07
  199.   Lakshmi #184 re Shalit and Palestinian Prisoners 20:39  |  Eli 09/09/07
  200.   131. Silvienne: executions 21:01  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  201.   Lynn - I Must Disagree With You About Lakshmi 21:08  |  Eli 09/09/07
  202.   134 Silvienne: Again the facility you work in 21:10  |  KUTW 09/09/07
  203.   Lynn,I was talking about the Prophet Muhammad;re: 181 you`re 23:03  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  204.   Ah Brother Eli,prolific today with your posts to me,my head is 23:27  |  lakshmi 09/09/07
  205.   Noam Shalit 23:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 09/09/07
  206.   #177 - KUTW - CHEERS TURN TO TEARS 23:37  |  Double Click 09/09/07
  207.   To Lakshmi 00:10  |  dovale 10/09/07
  208.   to doubleclick 00:50  |  dovale 10/09/07
  209.   Lakshmi and My Prolific Writings To You 01:15  |  Eli 10/09/07
  210.   Double Click # 206 - I Never Read That Story 01:29  |  Eli 10/09/07
  211.   turn about is fair play 01:40  |  realism 10/09/07
  212.   207dovale,the responsibility is with the israeli public who has 02:14  |  lakshmi 10/09/07
  213.   Margie in Tel Aviv 04:31  |  Silvienne 10/09/07
  214.   #150, Wolf... 04:33  |  Silvienne 10/09/07
  215.   #168, Brant... 04:35  |  Silvienne 10/09/07
  216.   Lynn, your reply... 04:42  |  Silvienne 10/09/07
  217.   #180, Lynn 04:48  |  Silvienne 10/09/07
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