Millions for Gilad is a human rights organization dedicated to securing the release of a captured Israeli soldier while providing assistance to the people of Gaza where he is being held.
The Iranian backed Hamas has the power to release Gilad but has failed to do so. Our pledge to the people of Gaza is five million dollars in aid to be transferred simultaneously with Gilad’s return to his family in Israel. These funds are being made available through the generosity of philanthropists worldwide.
Please click on a link below to watch a video clip of our pledge or click one of the links above to watch a video clip of our pledge with the matching translation.
The Iranian backed Hamas has the power to release Gilad but has failed to do so. Our pledge to the people of Gaza is five million dollars in aid to be transferred simultaneously with Gilad’s return to his family in Israel. These funds are being made available through the generosity of philanthropists worldwide.
Please click on a link below to watch a video clip of our pledge or click one of the links above to watch a video clip of our pledge with the matching translation.
Gilad Shalit (Hebrew: גלעד שליט, born 28 August 1986) is an Israeli soldier who was captured on 25 June 2006 by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid. He was abducted through the Kerem Shalom crossing (in Israel), and has been held as a prisoner in the Gaza Strip by Hamas since then.
Shalit, 19 years old and with the rank of corporal in the IDF's Armor Corps at the time of his capture, has since been promoted to staff sergeant.He was the first Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants since Nachshon Wachsman in 1994. Shalit holds French citizenship, a fact that encouraged France and the European Union to be involved to some extent in efforts to release him. He also received Italian citizenship after his abduction.
Hamas has refused requests from the International Committee of the Red Cross to allow the ICRC to visit Shalit. Several human rights organizations have stated that the terms and conditions of Shalit's detention are contrary to international humanitarian law. In exchange for his release, Hamas is demanding the release of all female and underage Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, as well as a further 1000 prisoners, a number of which are convicted by Israeli courts on terrorism charges. The United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which released a report in September 2009, called for Shalit to be released.
Shalit, 19 years old and with the rank of corporal in the IDF's Armor Corps at the time of his capture, has since been promoted to staff sergeant.He was the first Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants since Nachshon Wachsman in 1994. Shalit holds French citizenship, a fact that encouraged France and the European Union to be involved to some extent in efforts to release him. He also received Italian citizenship after his abduction.
Hamas has refused requests from the International Committee of the Red Cross to allow the ICRC to visit Shalit. Several human rights organizations have stated that the terms and conditions of Shalit's detention are contrary to international humanitarian law. In exchange for his release, Hamas is demanding the release of all female and underage Palestinian prisoners held in Israel, as well as a further 1000 prisoners, a number of which are convicted by Israeli courts on terrorism charges. The United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict, which released a report in September 2009, called for Shalit to be released.
