Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has finally returned home after emerging frail but elated from 1,941 days of captivity in a deal that saw 477 Palestinians walk free. Thousands of spectators whistled and cheered, waving giant Israeli flags and throwing white carnations and roses as a convoy carrying Shalit and his family pulled into their home village of Mitzpe Hila, in northern Israel on Tuesday. There was excitement also across the West Bank and Gaza following the release of 477 Palestinian prisoners, the first of some 1,027 who will be freed under a landmark prisoner swap between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement. “Today we experienced the rebirth of a son,” the freed soldier’s father,…
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