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Gilad Shalit

Gilad Shalit
Birth	28 August 1986 (1986-08-28) (age 24) Nahariya
Origin	Israeli , French
Allegiance	Israel
Grade	Sergeant
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Gilad Shalit Gilad Shalit also transliterated ( Hebrew : ), born 28 August 1986 in Nahariya ( Israel ), is a member of the Israeli army , captured June 25, 2006, by a Palestinian commando at Kerem Shalom. His abduction was claimed by Al-Qassam Brigades Ezzedine , the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) and an unknown group calling itself the "Army of Islam", announcing their intention to exchange Gilat Shalit cons of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.

Ehud Olmert refused any negotiations and launched, 28 June 2006, the Operation Summer Rains , which will not allow the release of Gilad Shalit.

Finally, with the help of Egyptian and a German mediator, negotiations can be opened. Hamas offers to exchange Shalit cons about 1000 Palestinian prisoners. The Israelis initially refused to release prisoners "with blood on their hands" but they agree in December 2009 provided they are banned from visiting the West Bank. The proposal was rejected by Hamas.

Originally from Mitzpe Hila in the Lower Galilee , Gilad Shalit holds dual nationality Israeli and French. According to Hamas, which refuses to let the International Committee of the Red Cross to see him, he is still detained in Gaza, the latest evidence of life dating from September 14, 2009.

Biographical Elements

Gilad Shalit was born on 28 August 1986 in Nahariya in Israel , where he lived until the age of two years. He moved with his parents in Mitzpe Hila Galilee Western.

He graduated with honors from Kabri Manor High School. At 19, Gilad began his military service in the IDF and that "despite a low medical profile. " He obtained the rank of corporal tank driver in the Israeli army and will be promoted to sergeant during his captivity ^Capture

Sunday 25 June 2006 , he was captured by Palestinian fighters who attacked an army post on the southern border of Israel through a tunnel near the Kerem Shalom , south of the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian militants threw a grenade into a tank of the Israeli army, two soldiers were killed, and Gilad Shalit, the position of the tank fire controls, leaves wounded and taken prisoner . Two other Israeli soldiers were wounded and two Palestinian fighters were killed by Israeli soldiers during the attack.

Mohammed Abdel Al, a spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committee , found that the attack was planned for this place for two months. In addition, the Israeli army estimates that it had been between 3 and 6 months to dig the tunnel.

The attack was claimed jointly by the Ezzedine Al-Qassam (military wing of Hamas ), the Popular Resistance Committees and the Army of Islam, a group created in late 2005 with the help of Hamas and claiming the flow of al-Qaida , which has led Hamas to some caution in respect of .

Israeli Reaction

The efforts of Israeli forces and the Palestinian Authority to locate during the next two days having been in vain, Israel launches' Operation Summer Rains on 28 June 2006. This includes closures, incursions, arrests and airstrikes on the Gaza Strip who are more than 200 dead and 800 wounded. Hundreds of prisoners, including Palestinian parliamentarians and ministers of the Hamas Palestinian Authority are added to some 10 000 Palestinians jailed in Israel. Dozens of homes, public buildings, roads, bridges and the main powerhouse of the country is destroyed . However Gilad Shalit is not returned.

Applications of Hamas and negotiations

On April 30, 2007, the leader of Hamas , Khaled Mashaal , called on Israeli authorities to release several hundred Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the soldier Gilad Shalit as a hostage when used according to Le Monde ^, , Release or item . If Israel is prepared for this exchange, he refuses, however, that this measure be applied to those who have "blood on their hands", which is the case for many of them, according to the Israelis .

According to Aljazeera in mid-2008, an exchange of Palestinian prisoners cons Gilad Shalit would have been prevented by the lobbying of the Palestinian Authority , who would not leave the spotlight on Hamas .

In June 2009, after the war in Gaza , Hamas demands the release of about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including 550 women, children and sick prisoners . Hamas refuses any change in that list, the negotiation fails again.

In 2009, negotiations are conducted in Egypt between Israel and Hamas under the auspices of a German mediator. The draft agreement provides for discussion on December 21 against the release of Gilad Shalit, that a thousand Palestinian prisoners, some who participated in deadly attacks in Israel. This project strongly divided cabinet and the Israeli public, especially that an agreement would further strengthen Hamas vis--vis the Palestinian Authority of Mahmoud Abbas ^,. Israel then asked that 100 to 130 prisoners who are responsible for the deaths of Israelis are expelled to the Gaza Strip or at least banned from visiting the West Bank . On December 30, 2009, Hamas rejects this offer .

Signs of Life

It's a year after his abduction on Monday, 25 June 2007 , that Hamas broadcasts on the Internet audio recording of Gilad Shalit. The latter are said, that "his health continues to deteriorate" . During his visit to the family of the soldier, Israeli President Moshe Katsav called on the kidnappers to allow a visit by the Red Cross with their prisoner .

On 2 October 2009, Hamas trade video, dated September 14, 2009, showing Gilad Shalit, apparently healthy, 19 cons withheld Palestinian prisoners in Israel ^, ^,.

International reactions

Since its accession to the presidency of the French Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy called for the release of Gilad Shalit, who has dual nationality. French diplomats described as "necessary" for his release and urged its partners in the region to obtain .

This position raises sometimes controversial associations Palestinian compare the situation of Corporal Shalit to that of Franco-Palestinian student Salah Hamouri arrested in 2005 and sentenced to 7 years in prison for having the intent to commit an attack, that is 'he admitted after three years of detention without trial and resent not receiving the French authorities on the same support as expressed in the Shalit family .

Gilad Shalit was made a Freeman of the City of Paris on 16 December 2008 , the Raincy in November 2008 , in Miami in May 2009 , in Rome on ¹July 2009 and New Orleans in June 2009 .

In May 2009, Pope Benedict XVI meets with the parents of Gilad Shalit during an official visit to Israel .

On June 21, 2010, several thousand people demonstrated in Paris at the Trocadero for the release of Gilad Shalit on the Plaza of Human Rights .

21 July 2010, at a meeting of the Security Council of UN , Mr. Lynn Pascoe, deputy secretary general of UN Political Affairs, "stressing that the soldier Gilad Shalit is in his fifth year of captivity, asked his immediate and unacceptable lack of humanitarian access to this Israeli soldier. Noting that 9,000 Palestinians are detained in Israeli prisons, he requested that steps be taken to secure their release and to reach agreement on a prisoner exchange. " The representative of the United States has also demanded the release of Gilad Shalit .

22 July 2010, the father of Gilad Shalit is received by the Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said that wanting to "help bring peace in the region .

On July 27, 2010, on Europe 1 , after the murder of Michael Germaneau , the Prime Minister, Francois Fillon , said that France has "four French nationals still detained" by incorporating in the list the Franco-Israeli Gilad Shalit .

On 29 August 2010, the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy , is supporting a demonstration in Jerusalem in favor of Gilad Shalit in a statement read by a member of the Embassy of France: "Gilad is not a prisoner of war, as prisoners of war have rights. He received a visit from humanitarian organizations, the exchange of letters with their relatives. Gilad did not have these rights because Gilad-say-things is a hostage " .

On 20 January 2011, the French foreign minister, Michele Alliot-Marie visited the father of Gilad Shalit, who says "hold hostage without leave to meet with representatives of the Red Cross is a war crime." Michle Alliot-Marie is committed to intervene with the European Union and "get the message that the prisoner receives visits from the Red Cross." The next day during his visit to Gaza, Palestinian demonstrators who wrongly attribute the qualification of "war crime" booed the Minister Alliot-Marie, who is pelted with shoes. These draw attention to the fact that in the face of cases of "Gilad Shalit,

Demonstration in support of Gilad Shalit, 23 November 2008 in Neuilly sur Seine. It recognizes Marek Halter , Jean-Christophe Fromantin , Elie Chouraqui and Arnaud Theul.
Same circumstances: it is recognized by Patrick Bruel and Elie Chouraqui.
Pro-Israeli demonstration in Berlin , January 11, 2009.