An Israeli soldier kidnapped by Palestinians in a late June cross-border raid is in the Gaza Strip, a Hamas leader said. In an interview published Saturday in the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram, Khaled Meshaal said it’s impossible for Cpl. Gilad Shalit to be smuggled out of Gaza because of Israel’s siege.
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