After five years of negotiations, Hamas and Israeli leaders agreed to release Israeli Staff Sergeant Gilad Schalit in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
TNR presents a slideshow documenting some of the most significant prisoner of war exchanges in recent history.
Photo courtesy of CF13News.
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