(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 with IDF’s ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet voted early Wednesday morning to approve a prisoner swap that will see Gilad Shalit, the IDF soldier that has been in Hamas captivity for the last five ...

Noam Shalit, father of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, on Thursday responded to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remarks on the prisoner exchange to free his son by saying that Israel knows ...

(Reuters) - Israel received proof Friday that a soldier held captive for the past three years by the Islamist group Hamas is alive and well. It came in the form of a two-minute video recording showing ...

Shalit was 19 at the time of his capture. Dual citizen of France and Israel. July 2005 – Begins his military service with IDF’s tank corps. June 25, 2006 – Shalit is captured by Palestinian militants.

(Reuters) - Israel received proof on Friday that a soldier held captive for the past three years by the Islamist group Hamas is alive and well. It came in the form of a two-minute video recording ...

(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. (CNN) — Here is a look at the abduction of Gilad ...

Shalit was 19 at the time of his capture. Dual citizen of France and Israel. While in captivity, Shalit was promoted three times, from corporal to ultimately sergeant major. Timeline July 2005 - ...