Gilad Shalit arrives home
Newly-released Israeli solder Gilad Shalit arrived by helicopter at his family home in the northern village of Mitzpe Hila on Tuesday to a raucous welcome by thousands of cheering Israelis.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy asked Syrian President Bashar Assad for proof of life from Gilad Shalit, an Israeli-French national held in Hamas captivity since June 2006, sources in the Elysée reported Wednesday.