Free Shalit
During his captivity, Hamas turned down requests from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to allow the ICRC to visit Shalit. Red Cross Director-General Yves Daccord stated that: "The Shalit family have the right under international humanitarian law to be in contact with their son". Hamas claimed that any such Red Cross humanitarian and medical visit could betray the location where Hamas was holding Shalit hostage.
Shalit's capture is often referred to as a kidnapping, because he was not granted any of the human rights due to a captured soldier under the Geneva Conventions, which entitles them to receive visits from the Red Cross and to communicate with family members, and because a ransom, even if not of a monetary nature, was demanded for his return.
In exchange for his release, Hamas demanded the release of over 1,000 prisoners — Palestinians serving prison sentences in Israel — as well as all female and underage Palestinians convicted and serving sentences. A major sticking point in negotiations was Hamas' insistence on the release of Marwan Barghouti, who is currently serving five life sentences in Israel for murder, and was referred to by Uri Avnery as "Palestine's Mandela".
Shalit was the first Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants since Nachshon Wachsman in 1994. Shalit, holding a rank of corporal in the IDF's Armor Corps at the time of his abduction, was promoted to Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class and then Sergeant Major on the eve of his release. The only contact between Shalit and the outside world after his capture and before his release were three letters, an audio tape, and a DVD that Israel received in return for releasing 20 female Palestinian prisoners.
Shalit was born on 28 August 1986 in Nahariya, Israel, to Noam and Aviva Shalit. He has an older brother, and a younger sister. He was raised from the age of two in Mitzpe Hila, in the Western Galilee.
He graduated with distinction from Manor Kabri High School. He began military service in the Israel Defense Forces in July 2005, and "despite a low medical profile, preferred to serve in a combat unit, following his older brother, Yoel, into the armored corps." He holds dual Israeli and French citizenship, via his grandmother.
Shalit's capture is often referred to as a kidnapping, because he was not granted any of the human rights due to a captured soldier under the Geneva Conventions, which entitles them to receive visits from the Red Cross and to communicate with family members, and because a ransom, even if not of a monetary nature, was demanded for his return.
In exchange for his release, Hamas demanded the release of over 1,000 prisoners — Palestinians serving prison sentences in Israel — as well as all female and underage Palestinians convicted and serving sentences. A major sticking point in negotiations was Hamas' insistence on the release of Marwan Barghouti, who is currently serving five life sentences in Israel for murder, and was referred to by Uri Avnery as "Palestine's Mandela".
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