Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muvhiki yakatungamirira kumugumo wekuregererwa kwehondo, makumi ezviuru zvevatsigiri veHamas vakaungana munhandare yeGaza City kuti vapemberere gore rechimakumi maviri nerimwe rekugadzwa kweboka racho munguva ye
Intifada Yokutanga. 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 akakumbira 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.