If that guy was Shalit, he made it back alive. It's bad form to kill your hostages unless you are also on the way out.

from his wiki entry-
Shalit was captured near the Kerem Shalom crossing in Israel, and held by Hamas as a hostage at an unknown location in the Gaza Strip.[12] On 18 October 2011, he was released in a deal that secured his freedom after more than five years in isolation and captivity, in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners, including some convicted of multiple murders and carrying out terror attacks against Israeli civilians (according to Israeli government sources, the prisoners released were collectively responsible for 569 Israeli deaths[13][14]).[15][16] Hamas' previous demands of releasing of all female and underage Palestinians as well as Marwan Barghouti were not met.[17][18]