# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gilad-shalit
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:20.028Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gilad-shalit"
name: "Gilad Shalit"
slug: "gilad-shalit"
description: "Gilad Shalit is an Israeli former soldier who, on 25 June 2006, was captured by Palestinian militants in a cross-border raid via tunnels near the Israeli border. Hamas held him captive for over five years until his release on 18 October 2011 as part of a prisoner exchange deal."
tagline: "Israeli writer, soldier, and former hostage"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_After_5_Years_of_Captivity.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1986-08-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.85
  momentum:             1.890425820450231
  historical:           22.473472
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13465216/"
    handle:    "nm13465216"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B7"
    title: "جلعاد شاليط"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جلعاد شاليط"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit"
    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "گیلعاد شالیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil'ad_%C5%A0alit"
    title: "Gil'ad Šalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit"
    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Schalit"
    title: "Gilad Schalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit"
    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_%C5%9Calit"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Guilad Schalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit"
    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "گیلعاد شلیط"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit"
    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit"
    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%93_%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98"
    title: "גלעד שליט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Գիլադ Շալիթ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit"
    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ギルアド・シャリート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit"
    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%93_%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98"
    title: "გილად შალიტი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B8%EB%9D%BC%EB%93%9C_%EC%83%AC%EB%A6%AC%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "길라드 샬리트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilad_Shalit"
    title: "Gilad Shalit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214821"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump