 On 24 June 2006 an IDF commando unit abducted two suspected Hamas members in "the first arrest raid in the territory since Israel pulled out of the area a year ago".The abduction of IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit occurred the next day (25 June 2006).On 28 June Israel launched Operation Summer Rains with the stated objectives of securing the release of Shalit and preventing the launching of Qassam rockets, which had escalated markedly since the 8 June assassination by the IDF.