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exchange because many palestinians were serving life sentences for deadly attacks against israel. we ll be heading to shalit s hometown where fred pleitgen is. this is a very heart-wrenching moment for many israelis who are concerned about potential retaliation given how many of these soldiers have been released and with actual euphoria from many palestinians. fred pleitgen is with us now in gilad shalit s hometown. good morning, fred. reporter: good morning, christine. certainly the people here in shalit s hometown of mitzpe hila. there was controversy where people were saying the political price is too high. one of the things they re concerned about is not only that some of the people they re releasing could become violent again, but also this could spawn other groups to kidnap other israeli soldiers. that is certainly not the feeling here in shalit s hometown. people are saying they re happy he was back, scenes of jubilation as these first television pictures came ....