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Barak: Bringing Schalit home is a deep and moral obligation

Ehud Barak says bringing

Defense Minister Ehud Barak, at a ceremony for the opening of a new Elbit factory, said that bringing home Gilad Schalit is "a deep and moral obligation, both militarily and human," Army Radio reported Monday afternoon. The defense minister's comments came amid a flurry of media reports that a deal to secure the soldier's release was set to be signed in the coming days.