gaza population is pleased with this capture. why? because surely they remember the experience they had when gaza militants captured gilad shall it back in 2006. they hunted for him, searched for him, failed to find him. after five years they were forced into cutting a deal with gaza militants to free more than 1,000 palestinian prisoners in exchange for a single israeli soldier. that was the first they were able to capture in 26 years. this will be seen -- given the military psyche -- a devastating blow that one of their number has been taken prisoner by hamas' military wing. right now we have to see how this unfolds in terms of israel's military response.