Is Negroponte meeting with Hamas in Cairo?

Egyptian intelligence held a meeting with Hamas concerning Israeli Defence Forces Cpl. Gilad Shalit and it just so happens that US National Intelligence Director John Negroponte arrived in Cairo the next day. Coincidence?

US embassy officials declined to comment on Negroponte's visit, which coincided with that by Hamas officials who also arrived in Egypt Monday.

On Monday, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told his cabinet that "a deal to secure the release of Shalit [was] almost closed." ...

Meanwhile, Hamas representative in Lebanon Osama Hamdan said that Israel had not yet agreed to the kidnappers' demands but that there were "positive signs."

"If Egyptian mediation fails, Hamas will still try to solve the issue but won't change its demands," Hamdan told BBC Arabic. source

I'm wondering how we know that Shalit is even still alive. Unconfirmed reports via Fox News say that he actually died during the fighting at the time of the so called kidnapping. I have heard no other reports on this and have read nothing in the print media. Hopefully this was just a rumor.

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