Ex-Hamas captive Gilad Schalit weds Nitzan Shabbat

Schalit is a former IDF soldier who, on June 25, 2006, was captured by Hamas militants in a cross-border raid via tunnels near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip.

JUNE 24, 2021 15:08

Gilad Shalit and Nitzan Shabbat. (photo credit: INSTAGRAM) — Gilad Shalit and Nitzan Shabbat.

(photo credit: INSTAGRAM)

Former Hamas-Captive Gilad Schalit married Nitzan Shabbat at a ceremony in the center of Israel Wednesday night.

Schalit proposed to Shabbat in February of 2020 after a year and a half of courtship.

מזל טוב: גלעד שליט התחתן עם בחירת ליבו ניצן@shani_na (צילום: אביב וטלי צילום ועריכת וידאו) pic.twitter.com/VYFNO0a59Y
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Schalit is a former IDF soldier who, on June 25, 2006, was captured by Hamas operatives in a cross-border raid via tunnels near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip.

Hamas held him captive for over five years until his release on October 18, 2011, as part of a prisoner exchange deal that saw the release of over 1,000 convicted Palestinian terrorists.