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Inside Israel's deal to get back gilad shalit

After five years of fitful negotiations, Israel and Hamas announced on Tuesday that they've reached a tentative agreement brokered by Egypt to exchange more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for the 25-year-old Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, who is thought to be held captive in the Gaza Strip. Here's what we know from various news reports about the dimensions of the deal (Hamas is expected to make the list of prisoners public later this evening):

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