The Islamic Hamas movement on Thursday said it cannot confirm or deny if the captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is still alive, Xinhua reported.
"The crazy war on the Gaza Strip wiped out everything so we don 't know if Shalit is still alive or if he has died," Osama al- Muzini, a Hamas official authorized to speak on this issue, told Xinhua, referring to a 22-day Israeli offensive against the Hamas- controlled territory in January.
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