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Israeli corporal taken hostage in a Palestinian raid on an Israel Defense Forces post at the Kerem Shalom crossing in the Negev near the southern Gaza Strip on 25 June 2006. The kidnapping and subsequent refusal by forces affiliated with Hamas to unconditionally release Shalit was a major factor in Israel's decision to launch Operation Summer Rain.
Historical Dictionary of Israel. Bernard Reich David H. Goldberg. Edited by Jon Woronoff..