Hamas releases new footage of Shalit, barbecuing in captivity

Source: Haaretz

Video reveals Hamas' 'Shadow Unit,' in charge of guarding Israeli prisoners; unit, the video says, 'knows Shalit well.'

A video that includes clips of Gilad Shalit smiling during a barbecue while in Hamas captivity was released on Sunday by the Iz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas.

Shalit is also seen eating, watching TV and reading letters from his family in the video, which is clearly intended to highlight Hamas' humane treatment of Israeli prisoners.

The video focuses on a special unit of its military wing called the Shadow Unit, which it says was responsible for guarding Shalit while he was a Hamas captive. The unit, the video says, "knows Shalit well."

Among the unit's duties, according to the video, are "to guard enemy captives held by the al-Qassam Brigades, to hide them and to thwart enemy attempts to find them."

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