MARK WEISS in Jerusalem THE ISRAELI cabinet met in emergency session last night and was expected to approve by a large majority a prisoner swap deal with Hamas under which captured soldier Gilad Shalit will be released in return for 1,000 prisoners, mostly Palestinian militants. The dramatic development came more than five years after Sgt Shalit, now aged 25, was seized by Palestinian militants from Gaza in a daring cross-border raid on June 25th, 2006. The last sign of life from Sgt Shalit…
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Israelis set to agree to massive swap of prisoners for Gilad Shalit