Hamas will provide a video with Corporal Gilad Shalit in exchange for release of 20 Palestinian women from Israeli prisons, according to Associated Press, referring to the Israeli authorities.

Extremist group Hamas management, which controls sector Gaza, agreed to provide a new video of a captured Israeli soldier. Till now the only evidence that he is still alive, were the letters of the prisoner and audio of his voice. In exchange, Israel must release 20 Palestinian women. According to the representatives of Israel, transfer will be on October 2 2009.

Before any negotiations between Israel and Hamas to release Shalit’s were failed. The last call from the Israeli authorities to release from prison more than 1 thousand Palestinians, some of whom are found guilty of carrying out attacks inside Israel. The Israeli authorities, in turn, said they would not withdraw its military siege of the Gaza, while G. Shalit is not released.

Recall that G. Shalit was abducted by Palestinian militants of Hamas on June 25, 2006. During this time there were several rounds of negotiations on his release, in which gunmen exhibited different conditions. The last time the kidnappers have expressed willingness to release the prisoner, instead of demanding Israel to release from prison 1 thousand 450 of his supporters, serving a sentence for terrorism in Israeli jails. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has rejected the deal on those terms, saying that he would not release those responsible for the deaths of Israeli citizens, and formally broke off the negotiations.