Israeli media aired previously unseen footage documenting the 2006 abduction of IDF soldier Gilad Shalit by Hamas operatives near the Gaza border. The video, released to mark 20 years since the incident, captures the moments surrounding the cross-border raid that sparked a 5-year captivity and the 2011 prisoner exchange deal.
Israeli media aired footage on Thursday morning that was previously unseen, documenting the abduction of then-IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit on June 25, 2006. The grainy video captures the moments after Hamas operatives crossed the border into Israel from Gaza, attacked an IDF tank, and seized Shalit, who was alone inside. The footage surfaces 20 years to the day after the incident, as marked by The Zioneer. Shalit spent 1,940 days in captivity in Gaza until his release in October 2011 in exchange for 1,027 Palestinian prisoners — among them senior militants later involved in attacks. The newly-released clip does not alter known details of the abduction but adds a visual layer to the historical record.
2 developments
- StrongIDF archive releases operational logs from Gilad Shalit abduction day — 20 years on
- DevelopingHamas military wing releases 1992 photos of slain IRGC commander Saeed Izadi with senior terrorists
- DevelopingFallen soldier Yair Eliyahu remembered one year after his death in Gaza
- DevelopingPalestinian detainee Abdullah Shataat freed after 20 months in Israeli prison
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