Gilad Shalit

• Israel to free 450 Palestinian prisoners
• Hamas to release Gilad Shalit
• Israel to free 550 more prisoners in two months' time
• Crowds of Israelis took to the streets of Jerusalem in celebration at the news, while similar scenes were played out among Palestinians in Gaza.
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• The deal was announced on Tuesday by the Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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• Under the terms, more than 1,000 Palestinians and Sgt Shalit, held since 2006, will be freed, beginning in days.
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• Sgt Shalit, aged 19 at the time, was snatched in a cross-border raid by Hamas militants who tunnelled from Gaza into Israel.
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• On-off negotiations for his release have taken place for several ye