Densely populated area, web of tunnels, traps awaiting rescuers, and enormous numbers abducted during deadly rampage presents trickiest hostage crisis in country's history

PM previously freed over 1,000 Palestinian inmates for one IDF soldier; now he must deal with some 130 civilian hostages and with far-right partners who won't agree to mass release

UN human rights office says 'deporting a protected person from occupied territory is a grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention,' warns of move's chilling effect

French Foreign Ministry says Israel can't expel an individual from 'occupied' East Jerusalem, says Paris has 'fully mobilized' to ensure Salah Hamouri could reside in the city

Officials say Salah Hamouri, jailed for 7 years for plot to assassinate Ovadia Yosef and stripped of Jerusalem residency, is active in PFLP terror group; he denies allegations

Shalit passes after battling leukemia for over six years; became known for his persistent fight for his son's return from captivity; funeral to be held at Mitzpe Hila on Thursday

Former soldier, who was held prisoner between 2006 and 2011 before being released in swap, ties knot with fiancé at small ceremony in central Israel

Al-Jazeera airs new footage of IDF soldier during his time in Gaza cell, as recording purporting to be of another captive calls for 'help' to return home; family say not his voice

Ahlam Tamimi, who oversaw the 2001 Sbarro bombing that killed Malki and 14 others, was freed in Shalit deal and became a celebrity in Jordan. Now the US just might be on her case

Former POW, 33, proposes to girlfriend Nitzan Shabbat