Hostage Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has become the butt of local jokes in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Israel's Channel 10 News reported on Monday.
In addition to more conventional jokes, Gazans have also produced video clips and doctored photographs mocking Shalit, as well as a popular audio recording of a phony telephone call from Shalit's mother.
Shalit's two-year-old captivity is the source of great anxiety and consternation among Israeli Jews, which has fueled the Palestinians' contemptuous view of the abducted soldier's fate.