NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To be held on May 2, 2024

To our Shareholders:

We cordially invite you to the AnnualGeneral Meeting of Shareholders of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (the "Company") to be held at the offices of the Company at 21 Yegia Kapayim Street, Kiryat Arye, Petah Tikva 4913020, Israel, on May 2, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. Israel time for the following purposes (the "Meeting"):


1.
to re-elect five members of the Board of Directors to serve until the Company's next annual general meeting of shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified;

2.
to re-elect Mr. Amikam (Ami) Shafran to serve as an external director for an additional three-year term;

3.
subject to his election pursuant to Item No. 2, to approve a grant of options to Mr. Shafran, as described in the Proxy Statement;

4.
to approve an amendment to the terms of compensation of Mr. Adi Sfadia, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, as described in the Proxy Statement; and

5.
to ratify and approve the reappointment and compensation of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, as our independent registered public accountants for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, and for such additional period until the next annual general meeting of shareholders.

In addition, our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, will be received and considered at the Meeting.

Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote "FOR" all proposals under Items 1 through 5, which are described in the attached Proxy Statement.

Shareholders of record at the close of business on April 4, 2024 (the "Record Date") are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and any adjournments thereof. You can vote either by mailing in your proxy or in person by attending the Meeting. Only proxies that are received at the offices of the Company at 21 Yegia Kapayim Street, Kiryat Arye, Petah Tikva 4913020, Israel, no later than 10 a.m. Israel time, on May 2, 2024, will be deemed received in a timely fashion and the votes therein recorded. If you attend the Meeting, you can revoke your proxy and vote your shares in person. Detailed proxy voting instructions are provided both in the proxy statement and on the enclosed proxy card. Shareholders who hold shares through members of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (the "TASE") may also vote electronically via the electronic voting system of the Israel Securities Authority up to six hours before the time fixed for the Meeting.

You should receive instructions about electronic voting from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange member through which you hold your shares. Shareholders may send the Company position papers no later than April 22, 2024, and the last date for submitting a request to include a proposal in accordance with Section 66(b) of the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999 (the "ICL") is April 11, 2024.

According to Israel's Companies Law Regulations (Confirmation of Ownership of Shares for Voting at the General Meeting), 5760-2000, if a shareholder holds shares through a member of the TASE and the ordinary shares are registered in the name of such TASE member on the books of our registration company, the shareholder may provide the Company, prior to the meeting, with a certification confirming his ownership of the ordinary shares on the record date. Such certification may be obtained at the TASE member's offices or may be sent to the shareholder by mail (subject to payment of the cost of mailing), at the election of the shareholder; provided that the shareholder's request is submitted with respect to a specific securities account.

Pursuant to the Company's Articles of Association, the quorum required for the General Meeting consists of at least two shareholders present, in person or by proxy, who hold or represent between them at least 25% of the Company's issued and outstanding share capital.

The approval of each of the proposals in Items No. 1 through 5 requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the ordinary shares present, in person or by proxy, and voting on such proposal (not taking into consideration abstentions). In addition, in order to approve each of Items No. 2, 3 and 4, the shareholders' approval must either (i) include at least a majority of the ordinary shares voted by shareholders who are not controlling shareholders (within the meaning of the ICL) and who are not shareholders who have a personal interest (within the meaning of the ICL) in the approval of such proposal, not taking into consideration abstentions, or (ii) be obtained such that the total ordinary shares of non-controlling shareholders and non-interested shareholders voted against such proposal do not represent more than two percent of the outstanding ordinary shares.

Shareholders may also review the proxy statement at our principal executive offices stated above, upon prior notice and during regular working hours (telephone number: +972-925-2016) until the date of the Meeting. Copies of this notice, the proxy statement and the proxy card for the meeting will also be available at the following websites: www.edgar.gov, http://www.tase.co.il/tase/, http://www.magna.isa.gov.il (the distribution sites), and http://www.gilat.com.

By Order of the Board of Directors,
Doron Kerbel, General Counsel & Company Secretary

April 4, 2024

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