Free Gilad Shalit
Gilad Shalit (born 28 August 1986) is an Israeli soldier who was kidnapped 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, 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. Hamas has barred the International Red Cross from seeing him, and demands the release of 450 Palestinian prisoners.
source: wikipedia
What can YOU do about this? Make sure he is not forgotten!
June 25th marks 3 YEARS that Gilad Shalit has been held captive by Hamas
This Thursday there is a Twitter protest.
Make #Gilad #Shalit a trending topic on TWITTER.
Sign the petition – Free Gilad Shalit
Twitter about him, using the hashtag #Gilad
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