AUDIO MESSAGE FROM GILAD SHALIT:


Haaretz has a translation of the audio.
The article also has reaction from B'Tselem, which normally emphasizes the human rights of Palestinian Arabs, calling Shalit a hostage and his abduction and being held--a war crime.

International humanitarian law absolutely prohibits "the taking and holding of a person by force in order to compel the enemy to meet certain demands, while threatening to harm or kill that person if the demands are not met," the organization stated.

There is also a report that Shalit is being held in a booby-trapped Gaza building near the Shaboura refugee camp, close to the town of Rafah in the southern part of the coastal territory.

The Jerusalem Post has reactions to the release of the tape.

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