Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called on Hamas and its allies Monday to return abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Speaking at a ceremony on Jerusalem's Mount Herzl in memory of terror assault victims, Netanyahu stated, "Today terrorism is supported by radical Islamist regimes, led by Iran, which have turned the call to ruin Israel into their daily bread."

The prime minister described Hamas and other terror groups as full of "contempt for the values and laws acceptable in the human and enlightened world. For four years now they have been holding kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. We won't cease working to bring him home, and I state from here - to his captors and their leaders – bring Gilad Shalit back.