JERUSALEM, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- The parents of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit said they were disappointed after meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to discuss their son's plight.
"It has been eight months since anything besides talks has happened. Today there are no negotiations with Hamas, there is no pressure being applied, and unfortunately we also don't have any bargaining chips," Noam Shalit said Monday, Haaretz reported.
Shalit's son, an Israeli soldier, was captured by Hamas in a cros-border raid and has been held incommunicado in Gaza since 2006.
Netanyahu met with Noam and Aviva Shalit and tried to persuade them to leave the protest tent outside the prime minister's Jerusalem residence and return to their home for the Jewish New Year, the newspaper said.
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