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Gilad Shalit’s Five Years in Gaza

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The former Israeli soldier and Hamas hostage talked about his life in captivity and how he kept his sanity.

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His captors treated him reasonably well. They played chess and checkers with him, let him watch soccer matches on TV and eventually gave him a radio.

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