Gilad Schalit, a former IDF soldier held in Hamas captivity and released in a prisoner swap in 2011, married longtime girlfriends Nitzan Shabbat on Wednesday. The two got engaged in 2020 after a two-year courtship.
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Schalit and Shabbat were married in a ceremony attended by family and friends in Emek Hefer in central Israel. Also in attendance were those who campaigned to free Schalit while he was held captive by the terrorist group from 2006 to 2011.
He was walked to the Chuppah accompanied by his parents, Noam and Aviva Schalit, while Shabbat was accompanied by her parents, Bilha and Moshe Shabat.
The couple currently resides in central Israel. Schalit works for Bank Discount's security department, while Shabbat works as both a social worker and an artist.
