not on the other side of the world.

imho. maybe gilad was kept on sinai ? and now, with military invading the place, they got cold feet over there, and brought him back to gaza... what would mean: its a matter of days, until he gets freed - without prisoner swap... gaza is a small place, too small, to keep the most famous hostage in the middle east... and 10 million for information on him is a lot of money... hamas is in quite a bad position, due to the riots. maybe their demands can be pressed below the 950 prisoners...

President Shimon Peres is the heart of what is Israel represents to humanity .. Let him keep Trucking and spreading his good will and Wisdom!!

Shallit is not being rescued for Israeli propaganda reasons.