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Gilad Shalit

1986 - Today

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Gilad Shalit (Hebrew: גלעד שליט, Gilˁad Šaliṭ ; born 28 August 1986) is a former MIA soldier of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) 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. During his captivity, Hamas rejected requests from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to visit Shalit, claiming that such visits could compromise his location. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilad Shalit has received more than 1,170,378 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 40 in 2019). Gilad Shalit is the 1,573rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,394th in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Israel (down from 269th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Israeli Military Personnel.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gilad Shalit ranks 1,573 out of 1,468. Before him are John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, William Alexander Morgan, John Sedgwick, John Abizaid, and John Dill. After him are John C. Pemberton, Christy Mathewson, William Rosecrans, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Leonid Khabarov, and Carl Gustav Fleischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1986, Gilad Shalit ranks 110. Before him are Betty Gilpin, Igor Akinfeev, Katie Cassidy, Ana Brenda Contreras, Kat Dennings, and Alfie Allen. After him are Choi Jin-hyuk, Raïs M'Bolhi, DJ Snake, Ezequiel Garay, Amanda Bynes, and Park Yoo-chun.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Gilad Shalit ranks 281 out of 430. Before him are Netta Barzilai (1993), Yaakov Ziv (1931), Rina Mor (1956), Ronit Elkabetz (1964), Giora Spiegel (1947), and Moshe Castel (1909). After him are Dahlia Ravikovitch (1936), Yehoshua Kenaz (1937), Mili Avital (1972), Amira Hass (1956), Bar Refaeli (1985), and Yaakov Neeman (1939).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Israel

Among military personnels born in Israel, Gilad Shalit ranks 8. Before him are Yigael Yadin (1917), Khalil al-Wazir (1935), Uzi Narkiss (1925), Yitzhak Hofi (1927), Dan Halutz (1948), and Aviv Kochavi (1964).

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