Hope dims for captured soldier
TIMES WIRE REPORTS
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said it might not be possible to win freedom for a soldier captured by Gaza-based militants more than two years ago.
It was the first time an Israeli leader admitted in public that efforts to free Sgt. Gilad Shalit might fail. He was captured in June 2006.
She told high school students, “All of us want Gilad to return home, but it is not always possible to bring everyone home.”
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