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Aviva Schalit, mother of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, hugs supporters ahead of leaving a protest tent set up outside the Prime Minister's residence on October 12, 2011 in Jerusalem, Israel. An agreement has been made between Israel and Hamas for a prisoner exchange where IDF soldier Gilad Shalit is returned for the release of over 1000 Palestinian prisoners. 

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Noam and Aviva Shalit counting 1932 days -still no change

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Noam Shalit, father of Israeli captured soldier Gilad Shalit is seen after replacing the numbers marking the days his son has been held captive by Hamas militants in Gaza, from 1799 to 1800, at the protest tent outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem

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Israelis stand next to cardboard cut-outs of captured Israeli soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit in Jerusalem. Traffic has come to a standstill on major roads across Israel as activists hold a nationwide five-minute protest to draw attention to the plight of a captured Israeli soldier still held by Palestinian militants. Schalit was captured nearly five years ago in a cross-border raid by Gaza militants, and successive Israeli governments have been unable to bring him home.

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Israelis attend a protest outside the Israeli Prime Minister's residence, calling for the release of Israeli soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit in Jerusalem, Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011. Saturday marked Gilad Schalit's 1,700th day in captivity.

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Aviva Shalit , mother of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit who was kidnapped by Hamas militants in Gaza on 2006, wipes a tear as she marks the 24 year-old soldier's fifth birthday in captivity in a rally outside Prime Minister Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem .