The Week that Was

Infolive TV brings you a selection of this week's top stories. Gilad Shalit's captors release a first sign of life: an audio recording of the abducted soldier's voice. At the Sharm al-Sheikh summit, Prime Minister Olmert announces he will release 250 Palestinian Fatah prisoners. Kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston's abductors release a video in which he is seen wearing an explosive belt and pleading with his government not to try and rescue him by force. Six Spanish and Colombian UNIFIL soldiers are killed by a roadside bomb in Southern Lebanon. The blast is linked to Islamist Palestinians backed by Syria. outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair is appointed the Quartet's special envoy to the Middle East. An Israeli rock climber suffering from ALS scales Tel Aviv's highest skyscraper to raise awareness and funds for research. The Israeli government offers Israelis free land on the Dead Sea Coast.