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SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Narrative) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Disclosure Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Trust liabilities	$ 12,858gilt_TrustLiabilitiesCurrent
Goodwill impairment losses	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss	23,931us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Shipping expenses	2,685us-gaap_ShippingHandlingAndTransportationCosts	4,047us-gaap_ShippingHandlingAndTransportationCosts	3,808us-gaap_ShippingHandlingAndTransportationCosts
Advertising expenses	273us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	412us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	479us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Research and development expenses	2,477gilt_ResearchAndDevelopmentNonRoyaltyBearingGrants	1,591gilt_ResearchAndDevelopmentNonRoyaltyBearingGrants	3,055gilt_ResearchAndDevelopmentNonRoyaltyBearingGrants
Restricted cash held by trustees	15,441us-gaap_OtherRestrictedAssetsCurrent	3,221us-gaap_OtherRestrictedAssetsCurrent
Fair value of the outstanding assets (liabilities) forward contracts	1,949us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsCurrent	0us-gaap_DerivativeAssetsCurrent
Fair value of outstanding assets (liabilities) forward contracts for cash flow hedge accounting	$ 806us-gaap_CashFlowHedgesDerivativeInstrumentsAtFairValueNet	$ 0us-gaap_CashFlowHedgesDerivativeInstrumentsAtFairValueNet
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Disclosure Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Restricted cash weighted average interest rate	0.39%gilt_WeightedAverageRateDomesticDepositRestrictedCash / us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis = us-gaap_ShortTermDebtMember	0.24%gilt_WeightedAverageRateDomesticDepositRestrictedCash / us-gaap_ExtinguishmentOfDebtAxis = us-gaap_ShortTermDebtMember
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Disclosure Of Accounting Policies [Line Items]
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