A Palestinian militant group said today that an Israeli soldier captured last summer is in "good health".
Abu Mujahid, a spokesman for the Palestinian Resistance Committees (PRC), said Cpl Gilad Shalit would not be released until Israel gives in to demands to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners.
"Gilad Shalit is in good health and is being treated according to Islamic standards of dealing with prisoners of war," he said. "We are ready to keep him for years so long as our demands are not met," Mujahid said.
It is the first time the group has given details about the soldier's condition.
The PRC was one of three militant groups linked to Hamas that captured Cpl Shalit in a cross-border raid on June 25th last year.
