Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan denied reports accrding to which captive soldier Gilad Shalit had been transferred to Egypt several days ago. In an interview with al-Jazeera, Hamdan said that the report had no basis and noted he "didn't know where it came from."
The Kuwait daily al-Jarida reported that Shalit had been moved to Egypt where he is being kept in a secret facility. (Roee Nahmias)