Prison Swap Begins Today（在线收听）

Israel's Supreme Court has now backed a prisoner swap with Hamas, rejecting petitions against freeing more than a thousand Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the captured soldier Gilad Shalit.

The victims of militant attacks had requested a 48-hour delay of the swap, which is due to begin in just a few hours.

Israelis and Palestinians are making final arrangements ahead of the swap.

Today's swap is scheduled to take place at the gateway between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

For more on the prisoner swap, we spoke earlier this morning to our correspondent Zhang Xiaoyu, who is currently in Gaza city.