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Timeline: Shalit, Palestinian prisoners freed in swap
Reuters Published in Ahram Online on 18 - 10 - 2011

Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and hundreds of Palestinians crossed Israel's borders in opposite directions on Tuesday. The following is a timeline of events since Shalit was captured more than five years ago
June 25, 2006 - Hamas militants launch raid into Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing two soldiers and capturing Shalit.
June 28 - Israeli troops invade the Gaza Strip.
Sept 15 - Letter from Shalit reaches his family via Egyptian mediators brokering a prisoner swap deal.
Oct 1 - Worst internal Palestinian fighting in a decade raises fears of a civil war in Gaza.
Nov 26 - Ceasefire in Gaza announced, ends five months of Israeli air strikes and incursions that fail to free Shalit.
June 14, 2007 - Hamas takes over Gaza from Fatah forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
June 25 - Israeli TV airs audio tape from Shalit's captors asking for medical treatment and release of Palestinians.
Sept 8 - Israeli special forces disguised as Hamas gunmen abduct Hamas commander to be used as "bargaining chip."
Dec 26 - Hamas says Shalit won't be freed unless Israel frees 1,400 Palestinian prisoners, many long-term.
April 24, 2008 - Hamas leader offers Israel six-month truce in Gaza but says fate of Shalit separate issue.
May 12 - Israel says ceasefire deal must include Shalit. Talks falter over Israel's refusal to reopen Gaza's border.
June 9 - Israeli television says Shalit's family receives hand-written letter from their son.
June 17 - Israel and Hamas agree to Egyptian-brokered ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Sept 25 - Hamas rejects list of prisoners Israel is ready to free in exchange for Shalit, saying it wants more.
Dec 19 - Fragile six-month ceasefire between Israel and Hamas expires as they fail to agree on terms to extend truce.
Dec 27 - Israel launches 22-day military offensive in the Gaza Strip. About 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis are killed.
Jan 18, 2009 - Israel and Hamas cease fire in Gaza.
Sept 30 - Israel and Hamas confirm deal to exchange proof that Shalit is alive for release of 20 female Palestinians.
Oct 2 - Video is handed over and authenticated in which Shalit looked "pale but in good health".
Nov 25 - Israel rejects a demand for the release of several Hamas commanders as part of any exchange for Shalit.
June 27, 2010 - Shalit's parents begin march from home to PM Benjamin Netanyahu's residence to press for prisoner swap.
April 9, 2011 - The Israeli military says that Tayser Abu Snima, a top Hamas militant, killed in a raid, was "directly and physically involved" in Shalit's capture.
Oct 11 - Israeli and Hamas officials say a deal has been reached to swap Shalit for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Oct 16 - Israel buses hundreds Palestinian prisoners under heavy guard to a holding facility in the Negev desert in preparation for them to be exchanged for captive Shalit.
Oct 18 - Shalit is taken across the frontier from the Gaza Strip into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and driven to Israel's Vineyard of Peace border crossing, where a helicopter flew him to an air base for a reunion with his parents.
Simultaneously Israel freed 477 prisoners, most of them in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas leaders greeted former prisoners piling off buses bearing Red Cross insignia.

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