Israel rules out Gaza truce unless soldier freed
Israel said on Saturday it would not agree to a ceasefire with the Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip unless an Israeli soldier held by the Islamists was freed.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office declared "Olmert's position is that Israel will not reach understandings on a truce before the release of Gilad Shalit".
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