HMM. Lets see. Notty has no clue about historical events even if they are only a few months old. That flare up was not about kidnapped kids but continual rocket fire. After the kidnapping rocket fire spiked. Israel hit one of the launching teams that included a Hamas guy then Hamas chose to launch their own rockets.
June - 66 rockets fired from Gaza
Start of July - 250 rockets fired from Gaza
July 7 - 80 rockets fired from Gaza (claimed by Hamas)
July 7 - Israeli cabinet decided on counter terror operation.
(p.s. July 14 - Hamas refused the first PA brokered ceasefire - before 1000 more needless deaths)
The only connection with the kidnapping is Palestinian parties were using the Israeli search for the perpetrators (why wasn't the PA searching?) as an excuse to fire more rockets at civilian targets.