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| 2006 Gaza cross-border raid | |
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| Part of Gaza–Israel conflict | |
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| Type | Cross-border raid |
| Location | 31°14′00″N 34°17′08″E / 31.23333°N 34.28556°E |
| Commanded by | Ahmed Jabari (reportedly)[1] |
| Target | IDF army post near the Kerem Shalom border crossing |
| Date | 25 June 2006 Around 5:30 am[2] – (GMT+2) |
| Executed by | 7 or 8 Palestinian militants[3] from Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Popular Resistance Committees, and Army of Islam |
| Outcome | Capture of Gilad Shalit |
| Casualties | 2 Palestinian militants and 2 IDF soldiers killed 4 IDF soldiers injured |
Nablus 7 May 2007
The 2006 Gaza cross-border raid was an armed incursion carried out by seven or eight[3] Gazan Palestinian militants on 25 June 2006 who attacked Israel Defense Forces (IDF) positions near the Kerem Shalom Crossing through an attack tunnel. In the attack, two IDF soldiers[4] and two Palestinian militants[5] were killed, four IDF soldiers were wounded, one of whom was Gilad Shalit, who was captured and taken to the Gaza Strip.[6]
Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility, together with the Popular Resistance Committees (which includes members of Fatah, Islamic Jihad, and Hamas), and a previously unknown group calling itself the Army of Islam. They stated the raid was in retaliation to an Israeli shelling and a series of air raids that had killed 22 Palestinians earlier that month.[7]
The abduction of Shalit caused Israel to launch Operation "Summer Rains" which consisted of a series of incursions into Gaza. The operation failed to retrieve Shalit who was eventually released on 18 October 2011 as part of a prisoner swap. It was the first time since the capture of Nachshon Wachsman in 1994, that Palestinian fighters had captured an Israeli soldier.[8]
- ^ "Hamas Military Chief Ahmed Jabari Killed by Israeli Strike".
- ^ "Staff-Sgt. Pavel Slutzker". Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ a b "Palestinians launch raid from Gaza". TVNZ. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "How were Palestinian militants able to abduct Gilad Shalit?". Haaretz. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ Q&A: Israeli soldier held in Gaza, BBC News, Monday, 25 June 2007.
- ^ Perl Finkel, Gal (16 August 2016). "The IDF vs subterranean warfare". The Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Palestinian groups call for prisoner release". RTE.ie. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
- ^ "Israel seizes Hamas legislators". BBC. 29 June 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
– Cpl Gilad Shalit, 19: First Israeli soldier captured by Palestinians since 1994
– Amnesty International, the human rights group, called for all hostages to be released [...].