Gilad Shalit as we all know was saved, and I do feel there was halachic basis for that - nor do I suggest to retract that daas.
With that said, I find it ironic that through his revelations that have just come out, his expressions were somewhat textbook [although w/o cavanah] to non-Jewish doctrines of faith [certainly Islam, and a tad X-tian] in terms of "submission"
He was afraid, and perhaps many of us would do what he did, which was freeze. But from Klippah's perspective, perhaps they saw this as divine proof to their sheker [daat sheker in realtime], something we would call Hashgacha Pratis and Mazal that saved his life, and allowed...
