Born in 1986, the Israeli-French citizen Gilad Shalit (גלעד שליט) serving in the Iraeli Defence Forces (IDF) spent the last 5 years of his life in captivity. On the 25th of June 2006, he was abducted by Hamas militants from inside Israel near the Kerem Shalom crossing close to Gaza. The operation was a daring cross-border raid via underground tunnels. The following video explains the details of the operation according to an isreali investigation
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In 2009, Hamas released a short video of Gilad. To prove he was alive at the time, the prisoner showed a newspaper of a very recent date.
The Israeli soldier was held in isolation in unknown place, probably in Gaza Strip, for over five years until he was freed on October 18, 2011 after long negotiations mediated initially by the Germans, then extensively by the Egyptians. A prisoner swap deal was concluded. He was released in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian convicted prisoners, some of which were serving multiple life long sentences.
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