Israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas …
Years: 2011 - 2011
October
Israel and the Palestinian militant organization Hamas begin a major prisoner exchange on October 18, 2011, in which the captured Israeli Army soldier Gilad Shalit is released by Hamas in exchange for one thousand and twenty-seven Palestinian and Israeli-Arab prisoners held in Israel, including two hundred and eighty prisoners serving life sentences for planning and perpetrating terror attacks.
Locations
Groups
- Israel
- Palestinians
- Gaza Strip
- HAMAS (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya or "Islamic Resistance Movement")
