Born on 28.8.1986 in Israel. Captured June 25, 2006, Kerem Shalom, Gaza Strip.
Gilad started his military service on July 2005.
He overcame all the obstacles facing a combat recruit of the armored forces and successfully ended his training. For the last couple of months before he captured, he has been on duty guarding and ensuring the security of the settlements around Gaza.
On Sunday, 25.06.2006, at 05:40 in the morning, a terrorist group of several Palestinians crossed the border south of the Gaza Strip into Israel through a tunnel near Kerem Shalom and attacked an army facility that was within the sovereign territory of Israel.
The force numbered 8-armed Palestinians. It penetrated about a hundred meters into Israeli territory and split into three groups. The first group shot at an armored car that stood there. It was empty so no one was hurt. The second group attacked an IDL post manned by soldiers of the Desert Patrol. This attack included explosives and gunfire from light weapons which wounded three Israeli soldiers. At the same time at least one rocket was fired and grenades were thrown at a tank positioned in the area. The tank was manned by four soldiers one of whom was Gilad Schalit. The missile hit the rear end of the tank causing the death of its commander and an additional soldier. One soldier was wounded.
Gilad Schalit, the fourth soldier in the tank, was wounded in the shoulder and was abducted from the tank and taken by the terrorists to the Gaza strip.
Gilad’s abductors were members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Palestinian governing party Hamas), the Popular Resistance Committees (which includes members of Fatah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas), and the Army of Islam.
Since the attack at Kerem Shalom on Sunday, 25.6.2006, Gilad has been held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas.
There is no information as to Gilad’s welfare as for now.
The Israeli government has been doing intensively diplomatic efforts to bring Gilad home which failed until now
Gilad started his military service on July 2005.
He overcame all the obstacles facing a combat recruit of the armored forces and successfully ended his training. For the last couple of months before he captured, he has been on duty guarding and ensuring the security of the settlements around Gaza.
On Sunday, 25.06.2006, at 05:40 in the morning, a terrorist group of several Palestinians crossed the border south of the Gaza Strip into Israel through a tunnel near Kerem Shalom and attacked an army facility that was within the sovereign territory of Israel.
The force numbered 8-armed Palestinians. It penetrated about a hundred meters into Israeli territory and split into three groups. The first group shot at an armored car that stood there. It was empty so no one was hurt. The second group attacked an IDL post manned by soldiers of the Desert Patrol. This attack included explosives and gunfire from light weapons which wounded three Israeli soldiers. At the same time at least one rocket was fired and grenades were thrown at a tank positioned in the area. The tank was manned by four soldiers one of whom was Gilad Schalit. The missile hit the rear end of the tank causing the death of its commander and an additional soldier. One soldier was wounded.
Gilad Schalit, the fourth soldier in the tank, was wounded in the shoulder and was abducted from the tank and taken by the terrorists to the Gaza strip.
Gilad’s abductors were members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Palestinian governing party Hamas), the Popular Resistance Committees (which includes members of Fatah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas), and the Army of Islam.
Since the attack at Kerem Shalom on Sunday, 25.6.2006, Gilad has been held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas.
There is no information as to Gilad’s welfare as for now.
The Israeli government has been doing intensively diplomatic efforts to bring Gilad home which failed until now
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