Gilad Shalit
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Israel-Hamas prisoner swap deal near...deadly Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel. Amid the mounting speculation that a deal is near, Shalit's parents met on Monday Israel's chief negotiator in the indirect contacts with Hamas. "Of course we are hoping and want to see Gilad... In this article: Hamas, Gilad Shalit, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza Strip, Egypt, Gaza, Jerusalem, and Cairo |
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | November 11, 2009
Bereaved mothers urge action on Schalit
...and killed by Hamas terrorists in October 1994. Writing that they are a group that "knows a thing or two about losing loved ones," the women urged the prime minister to bring Gilad home. "We ask to meet with you in order to hear from you...
In this article: Gilad Schalit, Binyamin Netanyahu, Hamas, Nicolas Sarkozy, Hizbullah, and Paris
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CNN | 5 hours ago
Hamas to discuss deal to free Israeli soldier
...agree to release Palestinian prisoners. In Israel, the soldier's father, Noam Shalit, met Monday with Hagai Hadas, the Israeli government's top negotiator working to secure the release of his son. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
In this article: Hamas, Israel, Gaza, Cairo, Palestinian militant, Shimon Peres, U.S., and E mail
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | 4 hours ago
Israel, Hamas close to prisoner swap deal
AP Photo Israeli protesters display banners during a demonstration calling for the release of Israeli soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit, outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. AP Photo Israeli...
In this article: Hamas, Gilad Schalit, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Marwan Barghouti, Gaza, Cairo, Mahmoud Abbas, and Tel Aviv, Israel
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washingtonpost.com | 5 days ago
Israel, Hamas wary on talk prisoner swap imminent
...channel Al-Hurra quoted unidentified sources as saying a German and Egyptian-mediated agreement to exchange captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit for Palestinians held in Israeli jails would be clinched by Eid. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
In this article: Hamas, Gaza, Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jerusalem, and Eid al-Adha
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | 4 days ago
Kouchner: Progress in Schalit talks
...doing anything to damage it." Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office on Wednesday refused to respond to recent Arab media reports which claimed there had been progress in negotiations to free Schalit. The prime minister has given his...
In this article: Gilad Schalit, Bernard Kouchner, Binyamin Netanyahu, Aviva, Avigdor Lieberman, Al-Hurra, and Tel Aviv
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Financial Times | 1 hour ago
Israel closes in on prisoner exchange deal
...government with a dilemma. On the one hand, there is huge popular support in Israel for bringing back Mr Shalit, who has been the subject of a high-profile campaign by his parents and other supporters. Yet Benjamin Netanyahu, the...
In this article: Hamas, Israel, Gaza Strip, Eid al-Adha, and Benjamin Netanyahu
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | 22 hours ago
Hamas official: Progress in Schalit talks but no deal yet
...of the resistance." Hamdan's comments came hours after Hamas sources quoted by Arab media as saying that a deal to free captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit had been finalized, and will be signed in the coming days. However, Arab...
In this article: Gilad Schalit, Hamas, Shimon Peres, Israel, Cairo, Tanzim, Marwan Barghouti, Binyamin Netanyahu, and Ehud Barak
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | 4 days ago
Kouchner: Progress made in Schalit talks
...respond to the Arab media reports. The prime minister has given his negotiating team, "clear instructions to make all efforts to bring Gilad Schalit home safe and sound," the bureau said in a statement. "These efforts continue at all...
In this article: Gilad Schalit, Bernard Kouchner, Gaza, Hamas, Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel, and E mail
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JPost.com Front Page Top Stories | 4 days ago
Washington Watch: Vote for me, I'm a loser
...release of prisoners held by Israel, but that could help Hamas more than Abbas because Hamas has what Israel wants, Gilad Schalit, and Binyamin Netanyahu would have to make his deal with Hamas, which would then reap credit for the...
In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Hamas, Israel, Barack Obama, Pennsylvania, Islamic, West Bank, Gaza, Pizza, and Tax
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Gilad Shalit (Hebrew: גלעד שליט, born 28 August 1986) is an Israeli soldier who was captured on 25 June 2006 by Palestinian militants in a cross border raid from the Gaza Strip on the crossing Kerem Shalom (in Israel) and has been held hostage by Hamas since. Shalit is believed to be alive. Shalit, a soldier of the IDF's Armor Corps, held the rank of corporal at the time of the incident but has since been promoted to staff sergeant.
He became the first Israeli soldier captured by militant Palestinian forces since Nachshon Wachsman in 1994. His abduction and the following cross border raid by Hezbollah, resulting in the abduction of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev into Lebanon, occurred prior to the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon during summer 2006. Shalit holds French citizenship, a fact that encouraged France and the European Union to be involved to some extent in the efforts to release him. Recently, he also received Italian citizenship. Hamas has barred the International Red Cross from seeing him, and demands the release of 450 Palestinian prisoners.
- Birth Date:
- August 28, 1986
- Birthplace:
- Nahariya, Israel
- Rank:
- Staff Sergeant
- Allegiance:
- Israel
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