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| The Palestinians issued a statement on Monday, ], 2006, offering information about Corporal Shalit if Israel agrees to release all female and prisoners under the age of 18.<ref>, ], ], 2006</ref> The statement came from Izzedine al Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Palestinian governing party ]), the Popular Resistance Committees (includes Palestinians from ], ] and Hamas), and the ]. | The Palestinians issued a statement on Monday, ], 2006, offering information about Corporal Shalit if Israel agrees to release all female and prisoners under the age of 18.<ref>, ], ], 2006</ref> The statement came from Izzedine al Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Palestinian governing party ]), the Popular Resistance Committees (includes Palestinians from ], ] and Hamas), and the ]. | ||
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| Israeli forces entered ] on ], 2006 to search for Shalit. According to ], a spokesman at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., "Israel did everything it could in exhausting all diplomatic options and gave ] the opportunity to return the kidnapped Israeli... This operation can be terminated immediately, conditioned on the release of Gilad Shalit."<ref>David Rosenberg, , ], ], 2006</ref> | Israeli forces entered ] on ], 2006 to search for Shalit. According to ], a spokesman at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., "Israel did everything it could in exhausting all diplomatic options and gave ] the opportunity to return the kidnapped Israeli... This operation can be terminated immediately, conditioned on the release of Gilad Shalit."<ref>David Rosenberg, , ], ], 2006</ref> | ||
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Gilad Shalit (born 1986 or 1987) is a corporal in the Israel Defense Forces. He comes from Mitzpe Hila in the Lower Galilee, and holds dual Israeli and French citizenship.
Early on Sunday June 25 2006 he was kidnapped by Palestinian militants. The Palestinians attacked an army post in Israel after crossing the border from Gaza into Israel via a tunnel near the Kerem Shalom crossing at the south Gaza border. During the morning attack, two Israeli Defense Force soldiers were killed and three others wounded, in addition to Shalit. Mohammed Abdel Al, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees, revealed that the Kerem Shalom attack was being planned for almost two months.
The Palestinians issued a statement on Monday, June 26, 2006, offering information about Corporal Shalit if Israel agrees to release all female and prisoners under the age of 18. The statement came from Izzedine al Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Palestinian governing party Hamas), the Popular Resistance Committees (includes Palestinians from Fatah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas), and the Army of Islam.
Rescue Operation
Main article: Operation Summer RainIsraeli forces entered Khan Yunis on June 28, 2006 to search for Shalit. According to David Siegel, a spokesman at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., "Israel did everything it could in exhausting all diplomatic options and gave Mahmoud Abbas the opportunity to return the kidnapped Israeli... This operation can be terminated immediately, conditioned on the release of Gilad Shalit."
Trivia
- Shalit lost an uncle during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War.
References
- Yoav Appel et. al., Shalit's dad: 'Hope is all we have left' , Jerusalem Post, 25 June, 2006
- Gil Hoffman et. al., Ground troops enter Gaza, encounter little resistance, Jerusalem Post, 26 June, 2006
- Militants issue Israel hostage demands, CNN, 26 June, 2006
- David Rosenberg, Israeli Army Enters Gaza to Find Kidnapped Soldier (Update2), Bloomberg.com, 28 June, 2006
External links
- Israeli soldier taken captive on wikinews