Israeli protest over Hamas prisoners

March 23, 2009

A small group of Israelis protest outside a prison to stop Palestinians from visiting their relatives held in Israeli jails, as they call for the release of captive Israeli solider Gilad Shalit. Talks to free Shalit, seized by Palestinian militants who tunnelled into Israel from the Gaza Strip in 2006, broke down after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert rejected Hamas' demands. Hamas had asked Israel to free 450 long-term prisoners in exchange for Shalit.