Twitter users might like to know that on Wednesday August 26 there will be a 24-hour initiative in support of Gilad Shalit, who was kidnapped by Hamas in the summer of 2006.

The task is very simple: please use the hashtag #GiladShalit for all your Tweets on that day. Together we can raise awareness by pushing his name into the Top 10 ‘trending topics’ on Twitter. This event takes place just days before his 23rd birthday.

So please support if you can. UK readers can read about another simple and effective way to help Gilad here.