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Israeli Security Forces Have Found The Bodies Of Three Teenagers Who Went Missing In The West Bank. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Said Hamas Was Responsible For The Killings And Said The Group Will Pay A Heavy Price. Before Summoning His Security Cabinet For A Special Session Monday, He Said The Teenagers Were Killed By What He Called Human Animals. Hamas Has Denied Any Involvement In The Teenagers Disappearance. The Three Israeli Teenagers Went Missing While Hitchhiking Home From School Near Hebron On June 12. Media Reports Say Their Bodies Were Found Near The Location Where They Disappeared. After Word Got Out The Teens Bodies Had Been Found People Began To Gather At The Site To Pray. Ari Silverman Was Among Them...(Act Silverman)... Since The Teens Disappearance, Israeli -Palestinian Tensions Have Spiked. Prime Minister Netanyahu Has Demanded That Palestinian President Mahmoud Abba Give Up A Reconciliation Deal With Hamas. At Monday's US State Department Press Briefing Spokesperson Jennifer Psaki Was Asked About All Of This....(Act Psaki) .... As Mentioned Earlier. Hamas Has Denied Any Connection With The Kidnapping, But Its Political Leader Khaled Mashaal Also Has Praised Those Responsible For It. Before The Bodies Of The Teenagers Were Found, The Israeli Government Already Had Identified The Hamas Operatives That It Says Carried Out The Abduction. For Some Insight Into How Israel Might Respond To The Killings. VOA's Micael Lipin Spoke With Omri Ceren, A Senior Strategist At The Israel Project, A Washington-Based Organization That Provides Information To Journalists Covering Israeli Issues

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