Muvhiki rakapfuura kusvika pakupera kwekuregererwa kwehondo, makumi ezviuru zvevatsigiri veHamas vakaungana munhandare yeGaza City kuti vapemberere makore makumi maviri nerimwe ekuumbwa kweboka iri panguva yeFirst Intifada
. Mahmoud Zahar, mukuru mukuru weHamas, akatsinhira kuti "Hamas yakabva pakukanda matombo kusvika pakupfura pfuti nemaroketi, kubva pakutsigirwa nevanhu vane zviuru zvishomanana kusvika pakutsigirwa nemamiriyoni munyika dzeArabhu nepasi rose". Mukati memusangano uyu mumwe mushandi weHamas akapfeka seGilad Shalit uye akateterera kuti aponeswe, achikumbira kuti adzokere kumba. "Ndinosuwa amai nababa vangu", akadaro muchiHebheru. Mumiriri weIsrael kuUN, Purofesa Gabriela Shalev, akashora mutambo weHamas unoseka Gilad Shalit uye akataura kutsamwa kweIsrael.