Bodies of missing teens found in West Bank
- 10 years ago
Israeli forces find the bodies of three missing teenagers, including an American national, in the occupied West Bank Monday.
This comes after a nearly three-week-long search and a sweep targeted at the Islamist Hamas group that Israel says abducted them.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his security cabinet for a special session that could decide on stronger military moves against Hamas, which has neither confirmed nor denied the Israeli allegations.
The kidnapping of the three Jewish seminary students near a settlement in the West Bank appalled Israelis who rallied behind the teens' families.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI CITIZEN, BAY ANA, SAYING:
"I don't know what to say. Really, it's painful. For everyone, not only for Israelis. This is really really, how can I tell you. I don't know, it's painful for everybody who feels humanity."
The bodies were found in a field near Hebron, a militant stronghold and the hometown of two Hamas members
This comes after a nearly three-week-long search and a sweep targeted at the Islamist Hamas group that Israel says abducted them.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his security cabinet for a special session that could decide on stronger military moves against Hamas, which has neither confirmed nor denied the Israeli allegations.
The kidnapping of the three Jewish seminary students near a settlement in the West Bank appalled Israelis who rallied behind the teens' families.
(SOUNDBITE) (English) ISRAELI CITIZEN, BAY ANA, SAYING:
"I don't know what to say. Really, it's painful. For everyone, not only for Israelis. This is really really, how can I tell you. I don't know, it's painful for everybody who feels humanity."
The bodies were found in a field near Hebron, a militant stronghold and the hometown of two Hamas members