CAIRO, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Officials in Egypt say they are offering a new, broad package deal in the proposed mass prisoner exchange plan aimed at freeing Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
DAMASCUS, Syria, March 31 (UPI) -- The leader of the Palestinian Hamas group said in an interview with Sky News Monday a partial truce is possible with Israel and Israeli Gilad Shalit is alive.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Aides for Israel's prime minister deny a jailed Fatah leader likely will be part of a prisoner swap to free kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
ASHKELON, Israel, July 9 (UPI) -- The Israeli government began taking steps Monday towards a prisoner exchange with Hamas with a secret meeting with convicted killer Marwan Barghouti.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- The Israeli government denied claims by the Palestinian Authority that a prisoner exchange was imminent within days.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Two Israeli envoys had secret talks with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on prisoner exchanges, Haartez reported Tuesday.
GAZA CITY, Gaza, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he is ready to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, with no preconditions.
JERUSALEM, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas confirmed Tuesday a deal had been reached to release an Israeli soldier kidnapped in June. Cpl. Gilad Shalit was kidnapped on June 25 in the course of a Palestinian tunneling attack on an Israeli border post ou
GAZA, Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Hamas could hand abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit over to Egypt or Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas until the group's demands are met, an official said.
ROME, July 27 (UPI) -- A solution is imminent in the kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday.