Wednesday, June 25, 2008

I've been waiting for 2 years for Gilad Shalit


Gilad Schalit was born on August 28th,1986, in Nahariya and raised in Mitzpe Hilla in the Western Galilee by his parents Aviva and Noam with his siblings Yoel and Hadas.


At the end of July 2005 Gilad began his military service in a combat unit of the armored corps .
For the two months prior to his kidnapping, he has been on duty guarding and ensuring the security of the settlements around Gaza.



On Sunday, June 25th 2006, in a terrorist attack on an IDF post at Kerem Shalom during which his unit friends have been killed, Gilad was taken captive and has been held since in the Gaza Strip by Hamas.


To this day Gilad didn’t receive any visits from an official factor, including the red cross, and there is no reliable information about his well being.


Two years have passed since his abduction. Lets remind everyone that he has yet to come home and demand his quick return.


And, as Ima on the Bima reminds us, he's not the only one. We still await the return of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser as well, both abducted at about the same time.

1 comment:

Phyllis Sommer said...

thanks for the link. i thought this was an incredible demonstration of the power of social media in jewish life. now...if they would only be brought home.