Gaza celebrates as prisoners come home

Dawn.com Published October 18, 2011
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The Gaza Strip and West Bank gave a jubilant welcome on Tuesday to hundreds of Palestinians freed from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held for five years by Hamas.

Fire-crackers, klaxons and cheering carloads of flag-waving young men raised the noise level steadily in Gaza city as thousands converged on a central square for a mass rally with speeches scheduled by Hamas leaders and well-known militants just liberated in the swap mediated by Egypt. Text by Nidal al-Mughrabi/Reuters, photos by agencies.

 

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sami
Oct 19, 2011 09:45pm
American news papers are showing completely different picture,giving American public a impression that they exchange a warrior,brave soldiers,American law student & a freedom fighter for the exchange of 1000 terrorist. How those 1000 civilians went to Isreali prison at first place & since Jews are known to be good business man,so how come they are willing to exchange so many for just one,obviously they have nothing to lose and more to gain, by releasing more then 1000 prisoners surely is no gain for these so called civilized illegal occupiers .
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sami
Oct 19, 2011 09:53pm
smiling faces are better then crying,screaming & horrific faces,when ever they go on war.
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