Israel gets 'sign of life' from captive soldier

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli officials Wednesday said that a "sign of life" had been received from Cpl. Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped in a cross-border raid by Palestinian militants.

The officials did not specify what sort of contact had been made.

Shalit, 19, was kidnapped June 25. Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups took responsibility for his abduction from an Israeli border post near Gaza.

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