The Israeli-Palestinian Prisoner Swap is On 3.90K Seth Abramovitch 10/18/11 01:03AM Filed to: Middle East Middle East Gilad shalit Israel Gettypic Haaretz is live blogging the exchange of the first group of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners for Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants for five years. He'll be the first captured Israeli soldier returned alive in 26 years.