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Israel says no negotiations on soldier

Three Palestinian militant groups that captured an Israeli soldier demanded Monday that 1,500 Palestinian prisoners start being released in less than 24 hours, implying he would die, but Israel said it would not negotiate. “There will be no negotiations to release prisoners,” the office of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a statement that held the Palestinians’ ruling Hamas party responsible for the safe return of Cpl. Gilad Shalit. Full Story