Newly released Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit smartly saluted his commander in chief Tuesday after he set foot on Israeli soil for the first time in five years. “Hello, Gilad,” Prime Minister ...

That is exactly what happened last week in Israel. In 2006, a 19-year-old from northern Israel named Gilad Shalit was kidnapped by Hamas in a cross-border raid. Two Israeli soldiers were killed in ...

July 2005 - Begins his military service with IDF’s tank corps. June 25, 2006 - Shalit is captured by Palestinian militants. June 28, 2006 - Israel launches a military incursion into southern ...

Gilad Shalit was "in better shape than what we had feared," Zvi Shalit reportedly added. In the television interview, Shalit said he found out a week ago that he was to be released.

Former solider Gilad Shalit recently met with the families of several Israelis kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and shared with them how he endured five years as a hostage of the Gaza-ruling ...

A lawmaker from the haredi Orthodox Shas Party said Gilad Shalit should have spent his first Shabbat of freedom not at the beach but praying in synagogue. Gilad Shalit’s release from more than ...

Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held captive for the past five years, had been reached. The exact timing of the actual exchange is still unclear, but could be as soon as next week. As Joel ...

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict – punctuated by the imminent resolution of the Gilad Shalit saga – is a testament to that wisdom. Shalit, the Israeli soldier whom Hamas has held in captivity ...

Former captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit wrote in an open letter that all Israelis should demand that the United States free jailed spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard. Israeli officials have said ...

Israel gets video of captured Gilad Shalit in exchange for releasing prisoners. JERUSALEM, Oct. 2, 2009 — -- Israel today released a video showing captured soldier Gilad Shalit, the first ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the abduction of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured and imprisoned by the military wing of Hamas from 2006 to 2011. July 2005 – Begins his military service ...