Unnamed Israeli officials later protested that the interview was forced on him and "violated all the basic ethical rules of journalism".
They also reportedly claimed that the interview violated the terms for Sgt Shalit's release. One Israeli TV commentator, Raviv Drucker, said the interview "wasn't the most sensitive thing to do", while news presenter Yonit Levy called it "borderline torture". But Ms Amin defended herself in a response on Facebook.
I have all the compassion for him and wish him the BEST. Earlier, she told the BBC: "I know that he was very eager to go home and see his family, but it only took a few minutes and it was important to let the world know that he was all right.
Sgt Shalit was a year-old tank crewman when he was captured in June Israel is a highly militarised society that views itself as surrounded by hostile nations. Most parents send their sons and daughters as conscripts and many Israelis continue to serve as reservists in later life. Gilad Shalit's capture and long incarceration was something with which all Israelis could identify, regardless of their other differences.
For Palestinians, the issue of their compatriots in prison in Israel - about 6, - is equally unifying. The experience of being in an Israeli prison or having a relative imprisoned is often seen as a part of the national struggle. Hamas has vowed to continually work to secure the release of them all.
The fact that Israel agreed to free more than 1, in exchange for one Israeli is seen as a major propaganda coup for Hamas, which had recently been overshadowed by its rival Fatah's diplomatic moves to obtain UN membership for Palestine.
The exchange happened on Tuesday 18 October In the morning, Israel's Supreme Court ruled against objections to the prisoner release by victims' families. Following that decision, Gilad Shalit was taken from an undisclosed location to the Rafah Crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border. Simultaneously, the Palestinian prisoners were taken to the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Egypt, about 5 miles 8km away. Sgt Shalit was transferred into the hands of Egyptian mediators, with Israeli representatives present.
Once his transfer had been confirmed, Israel released 27 female prisoners. The Egyptians then transferred Sgt Shalit to Israel, via Kerem Shalom where he made a first phone call to his parents. He was given a brief medical examination before being flown by helicopter from Kerem Shalom to Tel Nof airbase near Tel Aviv. The most notable name not on the list is that of jailed Palestinian lawmaker Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences for murder and other charges related to his role in planning attacks on Israelis during the second Intifada.
He had been considered by many Palestinians the most important prisoner who might have been released in exchange for Shalit. The first swap took place Tuesday, with a second stage scheduled for later this year. Israel freed Palestinian inmates from Israeli jails shortly before Shalit was released, the first group of a batch of more than 1, Palestinians being swapped for Shalit's freedom.
Freed prisoners praised Egypt's role as a mediator in interviews on Palestinian television after they were released. Some are being sent to the West Bank and others to Gaza, while just under half are being sent abroad. A handful are going to homes in Jerusalem, elsewhere in Israel or to Jordan. Once freed, they will be under various restrictions on a case-by-case basis: Some will not be allowed to leave the country, while others will have restrictions on their movement or be required to report their whereabouts to local police according to Justice Ministry spokesman Moshe Cohen.
Hamas later handed Shalit over to Egyptian security forces, and he later crossed into Israel. Egyptian television showed a short clip of Shalit walking unaided with an escort of about half a dozen people soon after his release was announced. He looked thin and dazed, wearing a dark baseball cap and collared shirt. Shalit will undergo medical tests and debriefing at an air force base, the Israeli military said.
Once that is complete, he will be flown to his home at Mitzpe Hila, north of Haifa. Mixed emotions on Israel, Hamas deal Speaking to his Cabinet this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that with so much change sweeping the region, he did not know whether a better deal for Shalit was possible, and warned that he didn't act during this window of opportunity, it could close indefinitely.
It represented a vast change in outlook and rhetoric for the combative prime minister, who seems to have calculated that a softer approach was the more politically expedient road to follow.
Whether it was the prospect of going down in history as the Israeli leader who missed the chance to free Shalit, the calculation of larger geopolitical changes in the region, or a mere reflection of public sentiment, Netanyahu has chosen a path that has taken him away from much of what he has spent decades preaching.
The Hamas rulers of Gaza also felt pressure to make the deal now. The rival Palestinian Authority that governs parts of the West Bank is enjoying increased popularity following its recent United Nations bid for recognition of an independent state and a large scale prisoner release was seen by many in Hamas as a way of seizing back the political initiative. Hamas is also contemplating moving its headquarters out of Damascus and concluding the Shalit deal would make it easier to negotiate a possible relocation to Cairo with the post-Mubarak Egyptian government.
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