The prospects for the outgoing Israeli government to clinch a last-minute deal bringing home a soldier held in Gaza looked bleak Tuesday, as efforts to reach a prisoner swap with Hamas appeared to be over.
The Israeli Cabinet held a special meeting to discuss the deal to free captured Sgt. Gilad Schalit in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, huddling for some three hours before leaving without comment.
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert planned to make a nationally televised statement Tuesday evening, his office said. But even before that, meeting participants signaled they had abandoned the negotiations and would turn over the matter to the incoming government of …
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