Palestinian militants issue demands over hostage

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GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian militant groups that carried out an attack in Israel in which a soldier was abducted issued a series of demands on Monday but stopped short of confirming they were holding him.

Hamas's Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the Popular Resistance Committees and the Islamic Army said Israel would receive no information about kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit until Israel released from jail all Palestinian women prisoners and Palestinian children under the age of 18.

A spokesman for the Qassam Brigades said the statement did not mean Hamas's armed wing and the other two groups were holding Shalit.

The soldier was abducted to Gaza during a gun battle between troops and Palestinian militants who infiltrated into Israel through a tunnel on Sunday. Two soldiers and two gunmen were killed.

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