‘Hamas have held my son hostage for nine years’: father of detained Israeli Bedouin speaks out
Sha’ban al-Sayed, whose mentally ill civilian son entered Gaza in 2015, says he has found allyship among families of kidnapped Israelis
July 2014
Hamas goes to war – for a ceasefire
Militant Islamists calculate they can take pain of conflict better than the Israelis, who also fear who might replace them in Gaza
June 2014
Palestinians freed in 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoner-swap back in custody
Israel says re-arrest of more than 50 former prisoners during search for missing teens sent 'important message' to Hamas
November 2012
Ahmed al-Jabari: the Hamas 'general' who kept out of the limelight
The head of Hamas's military wing was suspected of being behind the kidnapping of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit
May 2012
Gilad Shalit: the real Prisoner of War
The Israeli drama Hatufim is the inspiration for the US hit Homeland. But the ordeal of Gilad Shalit, the young soldier held captive by Hamas for five years, tells an even more complex story
March 2012
Gilad Shalit's father: I would fight Israel if I were Palestinian
Row erupts after comments by Israeli election hopeful Noam Shalit, whose son was held in captivity by Hamas for five years
December 2011
Israel releases 550 Palestinian prisoners – video
Palestinians celebrate the release of 550 prisoners in the final phase of the deal that freed Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from captivity in the Gaza Strip
November 2011
liberty central
Mordechai Vanunu deserves freedom from Israel
Duncan Campbell
Duncan Campbell: Israel has until Sunday to respond on the nuclear whistleblower's bid to leave the country. It's time to stop punishing him
October 2011
Gilad Shalit, prisoner release and peace
Gilad Shalit has been brought home to an Israel that has no plan for peace
Jonathan Freedland
Gilad Shalit's release has given Hamas a boost, says Tzipi Livni
When a white face becomes the face of Congo
Lara Pawson
Prisoner swap and prospects for peace
Is an Israeli life really more important than a Palestinian's?
Deborah Orr
Palestinians who killed for a cause return to a changed battlefield
Gilad Shalit will be allowed time with his family before debriefing
Gilad Shalit's father: 'we have experienced the rebirth of a son' - video
Freed Palestinians reunite with families in Gaza and West Bank
Middle East witnesses day of euphoria and tears both sides of the divide
Gilad Shalit freed in exchange for Palestinian prisoners
