The three teens were Naftali Frenkel ( 16 , from Nof Ayalon ) , Gilad Shaer ( 16 , from Talmon ) , and Eyal Yifrah ( 19 , from Elad ) .

Gilad Shaer called Communication a police emergency hotline to report Reporting the kidnapping Kidnapping .

Israel 's stated goals in Operation `` Summer Rains '' were to suppress Control the firing of Qassam rockets from Gaza into the western Negev , and to secure the release of Corporal Gilad Shalit , who had been captured Conquering by the Palestinian militant group Hamas on June 25 .