Captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is expected to return to Israel via Egypt by next Wednesday, Palestinian sources and Israeli media said on Thursday.
A senior Palestinian official said a first group of 450 Palestinian prisoners would be released next Tuesday, followed by Shalit’s release on Wednesday. The Israeli soldier would be taken first to Egypt, via the Rafah border crossing, and then flown to Israel, the official said. It was not clear if Shalit would be flown home from Cairo or elsewhere in Egypt.
Israeli media too reported that Shalit was expected home on either the Tuesday or Wednesday.
