As captured First Seargent Gilad Shalit's 24th birthday took place yesterday, people gathered by the Shalit family tent base camp in the Rechavia neighborhood of Yerushalayim to mark his 1500th day in captivity. As family members and supporters looked on, speakers at the event called on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government to facilitate a prisoner trade and have Gilda Shlait freed (Refael Ovadia / Kuvien Images)
