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Abducted troop’s dad appeals for his safety

27 juin 2006, 00:00

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The father of a kidnapped Israeli soldier yesterday sent an emotional appeal to his son’s captors to treat him humanely and to remember he has a loving family who misses him dearly.

Noam Shalit, father of Cpl. Gilad Shalit, 19, broke his silence in a broadcast on Israel’s Army Radio, speaking at length about his shy, introverted son.

When asked if he had a message to the captors, he replied: “It is important for me that he is treated well medically and that they treat him fairly, that they remember he is a person,” he said as his voice cracked with emotion. “We believe that whoever holds him has a family and knows what we are feeling.”

Shalit was kidnapped in a brazen pre-dawn raid Sunday near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip, in which two other Israelis soldiers were killed.

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