As it happened: Mid-East prisoner exchange

Key points

• Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has returned home after five years' captivity in Gaza
• Sgt Shalit told Egyptian TV he had always believed the day would come when he would be free
• The first of more than 1,000 Palestinians to be freed in exchange have been released
• More than 100,000 people packed Gaza's main square to welcome back some of the prisoners
• Another 550 jailed Palestinians are to be freed next month under the Hamas-Israel deal
• All times in GMT