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Foreign Office statement on Gilad Shalit

The Foreign Office demands the immediate and unconditional release of the Israeli soldier.

From:
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Published
28 August 2010
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

On Gilad Shalit鈥檚 24th birthday a Foreign Office Spokesperson said:

鈥淭he thoughts of many in Britain are with Gilad Shalit and his family as he spends his 24th birthday in captivity. His detention is unjustifiable and unacceptable. The British Government demands his immediate and unconditional release鈥�.

Gilad Shalit was abducted on 25 June 2006. The Foreign Secretary of his abduction.

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Published 28 August 2010