Gilad Shalit returns home to Israel

After five years and four months, 1941 days in captivity, Israel and the world saw Gilad Shalit for the first time as he was being delivered by Hamas to Egyptian officials at the Rafah crossing.

On Tuesday morning, Egyptian television broadcasted the first images showing Shalit as he was escorted by Ahmed Jaba'ari chief of the Hamas military wing Izzadin al-Qassam and responsible for Shalit's abduction, together with armed Hamas officials. Together with Egyptian intelligence officials they hurried Shalit into the terminal on the Egyptian side of the crossing.

Shalit wearing a black baseball cap and dressed in civilian clothing appeared pale and thin but walked quickly towards the terminal.

At 11a.m, the IDF Spokesman announced that Shalit was in Israeli hands and was being escorted by Israeli military officials along with government aide David Meidan to a nearby army base where he was due to undergo medical tests. He will also speak with his family on his old mobile phone that was found in the tank the day he was abducted in June 2006.

At the same time, the 477 Palestinian security prisoners Israel agreed to release in the first stage of the deal were dispersed to Gaza, Judea and Samaria, and different points in Israel. Forty of the prisoners will be transferred from Egypt to Turkey, Syria and Qatar.

After undergoing initial medical tests Shalit will be flown to the Tel Nof air base to be reunited with his family.

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[njshrivnauth]

Amen! He's home. That's all that matters, and it has come to pass.Praise GOD!!

[kerenoo2321]

how people can be so bad ? they does'nt have any feelings to kidnap poor soldier for 5 years and don't even treat him like a human ..? and now they happy that they have more killers to kidnap another soldiers ? why's that ? cause i can't get it..I really can't !! and i'm glad he's back , is a hero for me..and for all israel. gilad ? we love you ♥

[Waleedzilla]

@emmaford32 Israel is, however, responsible for murdering many Palestinians, mostly innocent children. It's also rather racist how u judge all Arabs based on the corruption of a few Dictators.. If Arabs agreed with assholes like Gaddafi and Assad, why would we be protesting AGAINST them? And don't even get me started with Arabs not helping their fellow Arabs.. When Arab Jews came to Israel, do u know where Israel FORCED them 2 stay? THE MIDDLE OF THE NEGEV!! Talk about helping ur fellow ppl..

[emmaford32]

@Waleedzilla Arabs hate anyone who disagrees with them, they hate each other if they are not the right Muslim sect. Is Israel responsible for Gaddafi killing his own people, or Asad killing Syrians? No doubt you will find a way to blame Israel. The oil-rich states do nothing to help their fellow Arabs, never have and never will.

[Waleedzilla]

@emmaford32 and one more thing: The Arab countries where there is poverty are the ones with little to no oil.. The Oil-Rich states actually have very few poor Arabs

[Waleedzilla]

@emmaford32 it's pathetic to hear this from the source behind the middle eastern tensions in the first place: Zionists. If u really wanna c who's the killer with all the hate, watch this. It also shows u why most Arabs hate Israel. /watch?v=tvtwTR8GvJ8 (part of a documentary)

[emmaford32]

@Waleedzilla Yes Zionist & proud of it. The reason for all the problems in the ME is because Muslims are full of hate & only know how to destroy & kill.You could learn much from the Jews, if you did you would be much better off. All that money from oil & the majority of Arabs live in poverty, ignorance and squalor. When they are not killing Jews, they are massacring each other. I don't care what filth & insults you throw at me because coming from a person who hates so much it is meaningless.

[Waleedzilla]

@emmaford32 shut the fuck up you damn Zionist. You know damn well that dickweed Zionists really are the reason behind all the problems in the middle east

[emmaford32]

@RedSeaBoi Go fuck yourself you Nazi bastard

[RedSeaBoi]

@mirmir936 Pissraeli jewish scumbag, if Hitler wiped you out, we would all be living peacefully. No wars no financial crisis. Greedy jew!

[Bisqwit]

@Cage71 Actually, chamah means sun (e.g. birkat ha-chamah). Chamas means violence.

[carexperttoronto]

God bless Israel!!!

[jimiydoorshamelech]

@skillzthatkillz95195

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[kolkrabe19]

@njshrivnauth Your tribal god, that is.

[njshrivnauth]

@kolkrabe19 THE GOD - JHVH, יהוה

[kolkrabe19]

@njshrivnauth Which "GOD" ?

[MrAugustus88]

Why return 1027 Palestinians ? The 1027 dark skinned Palestinian monkies should be tortured and beaten. I was in Rome and i was informed that in 1982 the Palestinians blew up the synagogue, ancient Roman sites and killed forty civilians. The Palestinians should go back to Saudi Arabia and Yemen from hence they came in the 7th.

[sund58bybergaren]

God bless Israel!! And God bless the courageous Shalit!!

[skillzthatkillz95195]

Baruch Hashem. He is home safe. God bless Israel.

[innocuoushunter]

@joshiedidit no fuck you and your entire family (grandpa, grandma,uncles,niece, cousins ) in asshole and ejaculate in their mouths

[mirmir936]

@RedSeaBoi fucking muslim.. your so jealous that israel so care from their citizens that they free 1027 monster terrorist prisoner for 1 israeli soul!!! see your country doing the same!!! muslims don't give a fuck about the life....

[RedSeaBoi]

Fucking jews/israelis

[joshiedidit]

@MrSir48 fuk your moms pussy

[joshiedidit]

@innocuoushunter fuk ur mom in her ass hole

[1991hussi]

@kolkrabe19 he wasn;t a jew he had some jewish beliefs and I don't care what his religion is, he still killed those insects and burned them into hell, and this israel will never live in peace. Viva palestine la tierra de paz