military post and kidnapped an Israeli soldier named Gilad Shalit. “Operation Summer Rains” was counted as a failed mission because they did not achieve any of their major goals: Hamas was not destroyed and Shalit was not rescued. The second invasion was in December 2008. The rocket fire from Hamas had become so frequent that the Israeli government could no longer ignore it. “Operation Cast Lead” tasked the IDF with destroying the rockets and rescuing Shalit. The IDF killed over 1,000 Hamas militants and