Gilad Shalit
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| Født | 28. august 1986 (37 år)  Nahariya, Israel |
| Uddannelse og virke | |
| Beskæftigelse | Sports klummeskribent, journalist, investeringsrådgiver (fra 2016), skribent, militærperson (2005-2012) |
| Arbejdsgiver | Israel Discount Bank (fra 2016) |
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| Udmærkelser | Æresborger i Paris (2008), æresborger i Rom (2008), æresborger i Miami (2009), æresborger i New Orleans (2009), æresborger i Baltimore (2011) med flere |
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Gilad Shalit (født 28. august 1986) er en fransk-israelsk statsborger og soldat i den israelske hær. Han blev den 25. juni 2006 taget som gidsel af den paramilitære, islamistiske terror-organisation Hamas og tilbageholdt indtil oktober 2011, hvor Israel løslod flere end tusinde fanger for hans løsladelse. Blandt de løsladte fanger var mordere, terrorister og alm. kriminelle.[1]
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SFC Gilad Shalit on the phone with his parents, after arriving Israel.
Forfatter/Opretter: Israel Defense Forces, Licens: CC BY-SA 2.0
Gilad Shalit salutes Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after landing in IDF airbase in the center of Israel, October 18, 2011.
Gilad Shalit (rank at the time: Cpl.) was kidnapped early on Sunday June 25, 2006. A militiant group attacked Shalit’s tank that was defending the security fence near the southern Gaza Strip. The militiants crossed the border using an underground tunnel dug near the Kerem Shalom crossing. During the attack, the tank commander, First Lt. Hanan Barak, and another soldier in the tank, Staff Sgt. Pavel Slotzker were killed. Four of the soldiers in the post were injured and militiants kidnapped Shalit into the Gaza Strip, using the tunnel they dug.
In response to the kidnapping, the IDF began Operation Summer Rains in the Gaza Strip on June 28, 2006 and lasted through November 26, 2006. Ground forces entered the Gaza Strip for the first time since the unilateral disengagement was executed.