As hundreds of Palestinian terrorists began transferring to Red Cross buses outside the Gaza Strip and West Bank crossings, Tuesday, Oct. 18, Hamas first confirmed then denied an Egyptian report that the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, the young Israeli conscript they had held for nearly five and a half years, had been handed over to Egypt at the Rafah border post. Shalit's family is due to arrive at the Tel Nof air base where they will first see Gilad.