ANALYSIS: Prisoner swap reshapes Hamas-Egypt-Israel ties

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 | 4:21 p.m. CDT; updated 8:48 p.m. CST, Wednesday, November 16, 2011

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The release of an Israeli soldier by Hamas as part of a prisoner exchange with Israel is reshaping complex regional ties, mostly in favor of Gaza's once isolated Islamic militant rulers.

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