Responding to statements made on Monday by IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi that Israel knows where Gilad Shalit is being held and who is holding him hostage, Popular Resistance Front terrorists in Gaza released a message stating it is simply not so.

Spokesman Abu Mujhad stated �the IDF does not have a chance regarding information on Shalit, adding Israel tried using various means, but was unsuccessful in learning a thing.

�Ashkenazi must come to understand that Shalit will not see the light of day until we have a respectable prisoner exchange agreement,� he added.

�The IDF chief�s attempt to encourage his troops without really having a clue as to his [Shalit�s] whereabouts only shows the extent of the crisis in Israel against the resistance in Palestine and Lebanon. Israel has lost all its deterrence abilities.�

(Yechiel Spira � YWN Israel)�