Shalit swap / The step-by-step guide to Gilad's return home

Phase 1: Shalit is released and met either by a representative of the International Red Cross or an Egyptian official on Tuesday morning.

Phase 2: Israel frees 27 Arab female prisoners on confirmation of Shalit's release.

Phase 3: Hamas transfers Shalit to Egypt via the Rafah crossing. Shalit will spend a very short period of time in Egypt, possibly under 15 minutes, before overland transfer to Israel.

Phase 4: Israel releases the first wave of Palestinian prisoners to Gaza and the West Bank upon confirmation of the transfer.

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The entire transfer is expected to be completed by Tuesday afternoon.


http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/shalit-swap-the-step-by-step-guide-to-gilad-s-return-home-1.390303

Tuesday must seem an eternity away to Gilad Schalit's family

Hopefully between now and then nobody particularly militant groups in Gaza does anything stupid '