2014 kidnapping and murders of Israeli teenagers

Palestinian attack on three Israeli teenagers 31.6547 N 35.1223 E source:wikidata title yes October 2020 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel.jpg Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar, Naftali Fraenkel y 2014 06 12 22:00 IDT (UTC+03:00) Gush Etzion, West Bank The three kidnapped teenagers were murdered and their bodies found on 30 June. Naftali Fraenkel, 16, from Nof AyalonGilad Shaer, 16, from TalmonEyal Yifrah, 19, from El'ad 2 Hamas members from Hebron: Marwan Qawasmeh (29) and Amar Abu-Isa/Amer Abu Aysha (32)http://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-ids-2-main-suspects-in-teens-disappearance Israel IDs 2 main suspects in teens disappearance CBS News 26 June 2014 The 2014 Gush Etzion kidnapping and murder refers to the abduction and killing of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank during June 2014. The victims, Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaer, and Naftali Fraenkel, were Israeli students aged 16 and 19. On the evening of 12 June 2014, the three teenagers were hitchhiking in the Alon Shvut settlement in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank when they were abducted. The Israel Defense Forces immediately initiated Operation Brother's Keeper (he מבצע שובו אחים Mivtza Shuvu Ahim) in search of the three teenagers. On 30 June, their bodies were found in a shallow grave near the town of Halhul. Israeli authorities accused two members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Aisha, of carrying out the abduction and murder. As part of the operation, Israel arrested around 350 Palestinians, including nearly all of Hamas' West Bank leaders. The suspects were killed during a standoff with Israeli security forces on 23 September 2014, leading to the end of the operation. The incident gained significant international attention and escalated tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, leading to an increase in violence and retaliatory actions and eventually triggering the 2014 Gaza War. Background 2013 was a calm period with the November 2012 ceasefire being largely respected, despite 50 rockets fired by Palestinians and 10 airstrikes by Israel.https://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/26E6B78156B58A9985257CB70065223F Human Rights and Democracy Report 2013 10 April 2014 UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office 28 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20150510060215/http://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/26E6B78156B58A9985257CB70065223F 10 May 2015 dead According to the Palestinian Centere for Human Rights (PCHR) 44 Palestinians were killed and over 100 injured,http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/2014/annual%20English%202013.pdf PCHR Annual Report 2013 11 February 2024 while the Israeli Security Agency reported six Israeli fatalities (all but one from the West Bank) and 44 injuries. http://www.shabak.gov.il/English/EnTerrorData/Reports/Pages/2013AnnualSummary.aspx 2013 Annual Summary Israel Security Agency 2013 15 August 2014 9 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170209151954/http://www.shabak.gov.il/English/EnTerrorData/Reports/Pages/2013AnnualSummary.aspx dead The first half of 2014 saw an increase in tension manifested by a higher rate of injuries. Among Palestinians there were 43 fatalities in the first half of the year plus 1860 injuries.http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_protection_of_civilians_weekly_report_2014_7_11_english.pdf WEEKLY REPORT 1 – 7 JULY 2014 OCHAO 2006 15 August 2014 12 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140812205709/http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ocha_opt_protection_of_civilians_weekly_report_2014_7_11_english.pdf dead Tension was also increased by Israel's opposition to the formation of a Hamas-Fatah unity government, with threats of sanctions http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-hamas-palestinian-government-20140602-story.html New Palestinian government backed by Hamas; Israel threatens sanctions Maher Abukhater and Batsheva Sobelman Los Angeles Times 2 June 2014 and the burgeoning issue of prisoners and the violation of the Shalit agreementhttp://www.addameer.org/etemplate.php?id=701 Update on Hunger Strikes, Force Feeding & Arrest Campaign - June 2014 Addameer June 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140714161649/http://www.addameer.org/etemplate.php?id=701 14 July 2014 Nathan Thrall, "Hamas’s Chances", London Review of Books Vol. 36 No 16 • 21 August 2014 (1 August) pp. 10–12https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21607895-hamas-wants-two-big-concessions-it-may-not-get-them-why-hamas-fires-those-rockets Conditions for a ceasefire: Why Hamas fires those rockets The Economist 22 July 2014 Mutual attacks on each other by Israel and Gaza continued, as did the Israeli blockade of Gaza.http://www.worldbulletin.net/haber/139114/israeli-air-land-and-sea-assaults-on-palestinians-continue https://web.archive.org/web/20140814060628/http://www.worldbulletin.net/haber/139114/israeli-air-land-and-sea-assaults-on-palestinians-continue usurped 14 August 2014 Israeli air, land and sea assaults on Palestinians continue World Bulletin 17 June 2014 Mainstream western media ascribe the initiation of the major 2014 conflict to the kidnapping of the three Israeli teenagers.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/15/world/middleeast/toll-israel-gaza-conflict.html?_r=0 The Toll in Gaza and Israel, Day by Day Karen Yourish and Josh Keller The New York Times 15 July 2014 Some news analysts believe that earlier clashes also played a role in the chain of events, such as 15 May, when Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers during a protest near Beitunia as part of the Nakba Day commemorations; an autopsy report published on 9 June proved the death of one of them to be due to "live fire," i.e. not "rubber bullets." https://www.hrw.org/news/2014/06/09/israel-killing-children-apparent-war-crime Israel: Killing of Children Apparent War Crime 9 June 2014 Human Rights Watchhttp://mondoweiss.net/2014/07/moyheldin-relates-palestinian Violence ecalates in Israel and Gaza Phil Weiss and Annie Robbins MSNBC 2014 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/07/israel-dominant-media-narrative-20147675736829395.html Israel's dominant media narrative Rachel Shabi Al Jazeera 6 July 2014http://www.pij.org/details.php?blog=1&id=305 Hopelessness as Luxury: Perspectives from Contested Jerusalem Christine Leuenberger Palestine-Israel Journal quarterly 23 September 2014http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39102.htm When Does the 'Cycle of Violence' Start? Aldo Guerrero Information Clearing House 15 July 2014 15 August 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084911/http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article39102.htm 19 August 2014 deadhttp://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/violence-escalates-in-israel-and-gaza-299841091970 All in with Chris Hayes 8 July 2014 MSNBCIlan Pappé, "The Historical Perspective of the 2014 Gaza Massacre", The Plymouth Institute for Peace Research, 21 August 2014. The Israeli Foreign Ministry website emphasized rocket fire from Gaza as being the reason for the IDF mission into Gaza.http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2014/Pages/Statement-by-PM-Netanyahu-8-July-2014.aspx Statement by PM Netanyahu Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2014http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/PressRoom/2014/Pages/FM-Liberman-dispatches-letter-to-foreign-ministers-9-July-2014.aspx FM Liberman dispatches letter to foreign ministers A. Lieberman Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2014 Victims Eyal Yifrach, 19, lived in El'ad,September 2015 Naftali Fraenkel (also spelled Frenkel), 16, was a dual Israeli-American citizen and lived in Nof Ayalon.September 2015 Gilad Shaer was a resident of the Israeli settlement of Talmon.September 2015 Eyal Yifrah was a student at the Shavei Hevron Yeshiva he שבי חברון on King David Street in Hebron.Mitch Ginsburg https://www.timesofisrael.com/yeshiva-of-missing-teen-eyal-yifrach-opens-its-doors/ Pain and brotherhood at kidnap victim's Hebron yeshiva The Times of Israel 19 June 2014 The other two were students of the Mekor Chaim yeshiva at Kfar Etzion in the West Bank's Area C under full Israeli administration.http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/239752/the-terrorist-abduction-search-continues.html The Terrorist Abduction Search Continues Yeshiva World News 15 June 2014 Suspects Initial suspected perpetrators Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Hamas killed the teenagers.Eglash Ruth William Branigin 30 June 2014 Israeli army says three kidnapped teenagers found dead The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/three-kidnapped-israeli-teenagers-found-dead-reports-say/2014/06/30/4e6a271a-007a-11e4-8572-4b1b969b6322_story.html 30 June 2014 But opinions were divided within Israel's security services as to whether or not the two suspects had direct ties to Hamas.Frenkel Sheera 30 June 2014 Three Kidnapped Israeli Teens Are Found Dead https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/three-kidnapped-israeli-teens-are-found-dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180709191946/https://www.buzzfeed.com/sheerafrenkel/three-kidnapped-israeli-teens-are-found-dead 2018-07-09 2025-05-03 BuzzFeed en On 26 June, the Israel Security Agency identified two Hamas members as key suspects in the kidnapping, whom Palestinian police noted, had gone missing since the night of the kidnapping.Erdman Shelby Lin Israeli authorities identify the suspects in teens' kidnapping CNN http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/26/world/meast/israel-kidnapped-teenagers-hamas 29 June 201427 June 2014 Israel identifies two suspects in case of kidnapped teens https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10929615/Israel-identifies-two-suspects-in-case-of-kidnapped-teens.html 29 June 2014 The Telegraph UK High-ranking members of Hamas denied that the group had any involvement or foreknowledge of the incident. The two named suspects hail from the Qawasameh clan, notorious for consistently acting against Hamas's policies.Shlomi Eldar, "Accused kidnappers are actually rogue Hamas branch", Al-Monitor, 29 June 2014. Hamas political chief Khaled Mashal said he could neither confirm nor deny the kidnapping of the three Israelis, and he congratulated the abductors, because "our prisoners must be freed from the prisons of the occupation."Khoury Jack 23 June 2014 Hamas chief lauds abductors of Israeli teens, says has no new information https://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.600759#! https://web.archive.org/web/20140624001038/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.600759#! dead 24 June 2014 23 June 2014 Haaretz Initially a number of groups, some previously unknown, claimed responsibility for the kidnappings: The Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (subsequently denied);http://www.amnesty.ie/news/public-statementabducted-israeli-teens-must-be-released-israel-must-cease-collective-punishment Abducted Israeli teens must be released, Israel must cease collective punishment of Palestinians Amnesty International IE dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141004001043/http://amnesty.ie/news/public-statementabducted-israeli-teens-must-be-released-israel-must-cease-collective-punishment 4 October 2014 a West Bank Branch of Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, Brigades of Global Jihad, Ahrar ar-Khalil (Liberators Battalion of Hebron), and Regiments of Hezbollah.Booth William Eglash Ruth 14 June 2014 Israel says 3 missing teens were kidnapped by a terrorist group The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-searches-for-teens-who-went-missing-in-the-west-bank-on-thursday/2014/06/14/d60a0778-f3df-11e3-a4a8-8ac203a4c406_story.html live 15 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140616112253/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-searches-for-teens-who-went-missing-in-the-west-bank-on-thursday/2014/06/14/d60a0778-f3df-11e3-a4a8-8ac203a4c406_story.html 16 June 2014Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4534855,00.html IDF arrests 10 Palestinians amid signs of that hunt for teens drawing down Ynetnews 26 June 2014 It was not clear how true their claims were, and the middle three were not considered credible. Suspects arrested After the kidnap of the Israeli teens, Israel commenced Operation Brother's Keeper in the West Bank. Israel killed 9 Palestinians and raided 1300 properties including commercial and residential buildings. 800 Palestinians were arrested without immediate charge or trial.Hasan Medhi 2014-07-28 Debunking Israel's 11 Main Myths About Gaza, Hamas and War Crimes https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mehdi-hasan/gaza-israel_b_5624401.html 2025-05-03 HuffPost UK en On 5 August 2014 Israel announced that Israeli security forces arrested Hussam Kawasme, in Shuafat, in connection with the murders.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Kidnap-and-murder-of-Israeli-teens-Palestinian-suspect-held-police-say/articleshow/39719757.cms Kidnap and murder of Israeli teens: Palestinian suspect held, police say The Times of India 23 September 2014 During interrogation, Kawasme admitted to being the mastermind behind the attack, in addition to securing the funding from Hamas.http://www.therakyatpost.com/world/2014/08/06/palestinian-suspect-held-kidnap-murders-3-israelis/ Palestinian suspect held over kidnap murders of 3 Israelis The Rakyat Post 23 September 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150720211533/http://www.therakyatpost.com/world/2014/08/06/palestinian-suspect-held-kidnap-murders-3-israelis/ 20 July 2015 dead Kawasme stated that after the boys were killed, Marwan Kawasme and Amer Abu Aysha drove to his house, where the three proceeded to bury the victims in Halhoul, the land Kawasme purchased only a few weeks prior.Issacharoff Avi 6 August 2014 Hamas funded killing of 3 teens, says ringleader https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-funded-kidnapping-of-3-boys-says-ringleader/ 23 September 2014 The Times of Israel By the time of his arrest, Kaswasme had shaved his beard and received a fake passport, in what was believed to be part of a plan to escape to Jordan.http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/183758#.U-J8xmJdXDg Security Forces Arrest Kidnapper of Israeli Teens - Defense/Security - News - Arutz Sheva Arutz Sheva 5 August 2014 23 September 2014 Officials stated that additional people arrested in connection with the murders were still being held, but no names were initially released.https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-arrests-suspected-ringleader-of-cell-that-nabbed-teens/ Israel arrests suspected ringleader of cell that killed teens The Times of Israel 23 September 2014 On 20 August, Hamas member Saleh al-Arouri, who lived in Turkey, claimed Hamas's involvement in the abduction and murder.Crowcroft Orlando 2014-08-21 Hamas official: we were behind the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/hamas-kidnapping-three-israeli-teenagers-saleh-al-arouri-qassam-brigades 2024-05-26 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 He continued to describe the perpetrators as heroic.Sanchez Ray 2014-08-22 Hamas leader admits militants abducted slain Israeli teens https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/22/world/meast/israel-teens-death-hamas/index.html 2024-05-26 CNN enHamas Leadership Acknowledges Responsibility for Kidnapping Three Israeli Teens http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/4437.htm 21 August 2014 Memri T.V. Hugh Lovatt of the European Council on Foreign Relations labeled al-Arouri's claim was "suspicious", saying it might have reflected a desire to assert his relevance within the Hamas leadership or, alternatively, was accurate, reflecting a power struggle within Hamas itself.Crowcroft Orlando 2014-08-21 Hamas official: we were behind the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/21/hamas-kidnapping-three-israeli-teenagers-saleh-al-arouri-qassam-brigades 2025-05-03 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 On 21 August Hamas leader Khaled Mashal congratulated the kidnapping, but claimed Hamas leadership had no prior knowledge of the abductions and murders and had learned about them through the Israeli military.Khoury Jack 2014-06-23 Hamas chief lauds abductors of Israeli teens, says has no new information https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-23/ty-article/hamas-meshal-lauds-abductors-of-israeli-teens/0000017f-db73-df62-a9ff-dff70cef0000 2024-05-26 Haaretz en22 August 2014 Hamas leader: Don't compare us to ISIL https://news.yahoo.com/hamas-leader--don-t-compare-us-to-isil-193125056.html 23 September 2014 Yahoo News The following day, NGO Shurat HaDin contacted US Attorney General Eric Holder to request extradition of al-Arouri. Although Turkey and Israel do not have an extradition agreement, the US and Turkey do, which it can use to extradite those who commit terrorist acts against US citizens.Yashar Ari 21 August 2014 NGO Asks US to Demand Extradition of Hamas Leader http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/184277#.U_Yl32JdXDg 23 September 2014 Arutz Sheva Suspects killed The two suspects, Marwan Kawasme and Amar Abu Aysha, were staying in a house in Hebron, when IDF soldiers and Israeli counter-terrorism Yamam members surrounded the building at dawn on 23 September, in an attempt to arrest the suspects. Israeli forces opened fire on the building and reportedly called on the two suspects to come out. With no response the Israeli force began using a bulldozer to bring down the building. According to Israeli forces, one of the suspects partially rose out of a hole and began firing a rifle, whereupon Israeli forces shot him. After this suspect fell back into the home, likely dead, Israeli forces again opened fire on the house, utilizing grenades and other explosives this time, after which both men were confirmed deceased.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4574284,00.html Inside the raid on teens' killers Ynetnews Ynet News 23 September 2014 Ben-Yishai Ronhttps://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/WATCH-Dramatic-footage-of-Israeli-SWAT-team-killing-Palestinian-murderers-of-three-Jewish-teens-376210 WATCH: Dramatic footage of Israeli SWAT team hunting Palestinian murderers of three Jewish teens The Jerusalem Post 23 October 2014 Both Hebron governor Kamel Hmeid and Hamas spokesman Salah Bardawil described the suspects as martyrs, with the latter belatedly insinuating that Hamas had in fact been responsible for the kidnap and murder of the three Israeli teens.https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-idUSKCN0HI09H20140923 Israel says its troops kill Hamas men accused of slaying teens Reuters 23 September 2014 23 October 2014https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/israeli-forces-kill-2-suspects-in-kidnap-murder-of-3-teens/2014/09/23/1e79414a-4304-11e4-b47c-f5889e061e5f_story.html Israeli forces kill two Hamas members suspected in kidnapping, killing of 3 teens The Washington Post 23 October 2014 Hamas leader Khaled Mashal also called the suspects "martyrs" and "heroes."http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4583490,00.html 'Mohammed Deif is alive, and we have proof,' says Mashal ynet 23 October 2014 23 October 2014 Investigation conclusion The investigation concluded that the kidnapping operation's costs ran to NIS220,000, a sum procured by Hossam Hassan Kawasmeh (40), with the assistance of his brother, Mahmoud, who was exiled to the Gaza Strip in the Gilad Shalit exchange in November 2011, to purchase the two vehicles and weaponry. The cars were purchased from Nuh Abu-Eisha, and the weapons from Hamas operative Adnan Mahmad Izzat Zru (34), both Hebronites. Hossam Kawasmeh's attempt to escape to Jordan, thwarted when he was arrested in the Shuafat refugee camp on 11 July, was assisted by his relatives Hisham Kawasmeh (45) and Jamil Kawasmeh (38), as well as Hassan Kawasmeh (45), a Hamas militant. Two other Hebronites, Ahmad Ibrahim Mahmad Kawasmeh (64) and his brother, senior Hamas operative Arafat Ibrahim Mahmad Kawasmeh (50), were involved in helping the perpetrators go into hiding, the latter concealing them on his property.‘Abduction of 3 Israeli teens cost NIS 220,000,' Ynet 4 September 2014. On 6 January 2015, Hussam Qawasmeh was sentenced to three life terms in prison for the murders, along with being assessed a compensation payment of $63,000 to the victims' families.BBC 6 January 2015 Palestinian jailed for murder of Israeli teenagers BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-30697521 Sequence of events Prelude According to Israeli investigations, the seizure and killing of the three was organized by Hussam Qawasmeh, who had received $39,000 from his brother Mahmoud in Gaza, via a go-between still at large. The money financed the purchase of three M-16 rifles, a jeep, and the Israeli car, which was bought from a used-car dealer in Hebron after it was stolen from the settlement of Tzur Hadassah. Altogether, he met with Marwan five or six times before the kidnapping. The plan was to conceal one kidnapped Israeli in Marwan Qawasme's barbershop in Hebron, then transfer him to Marwan's aunt's vacant house. A first attempt on 10 June failed to find any hitchhikers. There was no intention to release the boys: from the outset the plan, considered amateurish and not professional, envisaged murdering the captives. The plot of land where they were buried had been purchased to that end some time earlier, and a refuge to escape detection had been prepared in an old house near Tufah where the two suspects hid in a disused cesspit for five days.Chaim Levinson, 'Israeli teens’ kidnappers evaded army, hid in cesspool after murders,' Haaretz 23 August 2014. Week 1 (12–19 June) Netanyahu asserted that the attack originated from PA-controlled areas, and criticized the Fatah-Hamas pact.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILyLLxXx9Ow&feature=player_detailpage#t=70 PM Netanyahu's Statement Regarding the Kidnapping of Israeli Teenagers by Hamas Israeli Prime Minister Google YouTube Official channel 15 June 2014 In the first week, Israel added a further three to the six combat brigades already present in the West Bank. Close to 40 battalions were engaged in rounding up suspects,Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4532597,00.html A night with troops searching for abducted teens Ynetnews 20 June 2014 notably the Paratroopers' 35th Division and the Kfir's 900th Division.Yaakov Lappin https://www.jpost.com/Defense/IDF-arrests-80-Hamas-members-in-West-Bank-in-response-to-kidnapping-359354 IDF arrests 80 Hamas members in West Bank in response to kidnapping The Jerusalem Post 15 June 2014 Other specialized groups, such as the Duvdevan Unit, the Egoz Reconnaissance Unit and the Airborne Rescue And Evacuation Unit 669 supplement the search force. Skylark mini UAV drones were deployed, and the Yahalom combat engineering unit conducted tunnel searches.Stuart Winer https://www.timesofisrael.com/abducted-teens-likely-still-alive-idf-officer-says/ Abducted teens likely still alive, IDF officer says The Times of Israel 22 June 2014 Fifty Bedouin IDF trackers were also used.Jodi Rudoren https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/24/world/middleeast/bedouin-trackers-hunting-for-clues-to-kidnapped-boys.html Bedouin Trackers Hunting for Israeli Boys The New York Times 23 June 2014 Day 1 Late into the night of Thursday, 12 June, teenagers Yifrach, Fraenkel, and Shaer were waiting at Geva'ot Intersection, west of the settlement of Alon Shvut in the Etzion Bloc south of Jerusalem, soon after 22:15, looking to catch a ride heading west on Route 367 toward Beit Shemesh and from there to locations in central Israel where each of them lived. The kidnappers intended to kidnap one Israeli. Apparently Yifrach, after accepting a ride, waved to the other two to join him. The Palestinians, afraid of giving their identity away if they spoke Hebrew, didn't dare object.Amos Harel and Chaim Levinson, 'One year after West Bank murder-kidnapping: What Israeli security got wrong,' Haaretz 12 June 2015. After the car veered off from the declared direction of Ashkelon, the three realized they had been kidnapped. Shaer then telephoned the police at 22:25, whispering, "I've been kidnapped."https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-happened-on-the-night-of-the-kidnapping/#ixzz38tE0htQ0 What happened on the night of the kidnapping The Times of Israel 23 September 2014 Eight attempts were made to page the caller's cellphone, without checking its ownership, and his whispered remark was taken to be one of a number of pranks made that night. No check was made to find out the phone's owner, nor whether he was missing. Within days, Israeli investigators, though lacking conclusive proof, strongly suspected the teenagers had been killed, and, if so, knew where the victims' bodies would probably have been dumped.Harel Amos Kubovich Yaniv 1 July 2014 Revealed: Behind the Scenes on the Hunt to Find Kidnapped Teens en Haaretz https://www.haaretz.com/2014-07-01/ty-article/.premium/teens-shot-dead-shortly-after-kidnapping/0000017f-dbac-db5a-a57f-dbee46970000 subscription 2023-04-22Freedland Jonathan 26 July 2014 Liberal Zionism After Gaza https://www.nybooks.com/online/2014/07/26/liberal-zionism-after-gaza/ 2023-04-22 The New York Review of Books en Few of these campaigners knew that the Israeli authorities had, in fact, established from the start that the boys were dead and apparently withheld that information from the public. Subsequent analysis of the tape revealed what the police failed to realize at the time, that the murders had occurred while the hotline operator had been listening.Marissa Newman https://www.timesofisrael.com/portraits-of-a-kidnapper/ Portraits of a kidnapper The Times of Israel 27 June 2014 Four and a half hours passed before Shaer's family finally phoned the Talmon security coordinator at 3:10 am to inform him their son Gil-Ad had not returned home. Only then did the security establishment take the case seriously, and Shin Bet and the IDF were alerted by the police.Amos Harel https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-16/ty-article/.premium/hamas-kidnapping-reminiscent-of-hezbollah/0000017f-db2e-df62-a9ff-dfffdeed0000 Hamas kidnapping reminiscent of Hezbollah Haaretz 16 June 2014Amos Harel https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-15/ty-article/.premium/shin-bet-finds-hamas-involved-in-wb-kidnap/0000017f-db29-df9c-a17f-ff39eac50000 Analysis: Shin Bet probe finds evidence Hamas involved in West Bank kidnapping Haaretz 15 June 2014 According to the Palestinian Ma'an News Agency, the army succeeded in tracing the call to the Sanjar region, the last cellphone signal being made at 23:20 in the Hebron area, when Fraenkel's and Shaer's cellphones had been switched off.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx%3FID%3D704478 Israel deploys heavily near Hebron after disappearance of settlers Ma'an News Agency 13 June 2014 15 June 2014 16 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140616042008/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=704478 dead Christa Case Bryant https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2014/0618/Israel-s-search-for-kidnapped-teens-What-is-known-so-far-and-what-it-means-video Israel's search for kidnapped teens: What is known so far, and what it means The Christian Science Monitor 19 June 2014 Meanwhile, at 1 a.m. on Friday morning, Marwan knocked on Hussam's door and said, "I've murdered three Jews." A gag order regarding the abduction was immediately placed on Israeli news services. The presumed identities of the kidnappers, acolytes of senior Hamas members, were known almost from the beginning to everyone in Hebron, but kept from the Israeli public;Avi Issacharoff https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-accomplices-kidnappers-evade-the-shin-bet-for-now/ How did the Shin Bet fail to spot the Hebron kidnap cell in time? The Times of IsraelAvi Issacharoff https://www.timesofisrael.com/leaving-hebron-idf-sees-that-kidnappers-can-just-vanish/ In Hebron, the IDF discovers, it's all too easy to disappear The Times of Israel 27 June 2014 in lieu of concrete details, rumours proliferated.Yossi Gurvitz http://www.worldcrunch.com/world-affairs/israeli-hostages-gag-orders-and-social-media/israeli-hostages-social-media-gag-orders-palestinian-people-/c1s16248/ Israeli Hostages, Gag Orders and Social Media Worldcrunch 17 June 2014 Controversy soon raged in Israel over the police delay in reporting the call.Ben Hartman https://www.jpost.com/Pillar-of-Defense/One-of-kidnapped-teens-called-police-Weve-been-kidnapped-359396 One of abducted Israeli teens called police: "We've been kidnapped" The Jerusalem Post 15 June 2014 At 11:00 on 13 June, a "Hannibal" alert (meaning 'kidnapping') was issued.August 2014 Based on cellphone and other data, Israeli investigators deduced that the kidnappers' car had stopped near Beit Kahil, west of Halhul, for 28 minutes. According to Palestinian security sources, a Hyundai i35, with seating for 5,Amos Harel https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-22/ty-article/.premium/israeli-operation-goes-awry/0000017f-db66-df9c-a17f-ff7e41d50000 Don't expect a happy ending from Israel's West Bank operation Haaretz 22 June 2014 with Israeli license plates, was torched on the night of 12 June, and subsequently found by Palestinian police 2 km mi from the village of Beit Einun near Hebron.http://forward.com/articles/200049/ Is Torched Car Clue in Suspected Kidnap of 3 Jewish Teens on West Bank? The Forward Reuters 13 June 2014 As media speculated that the three young settlers might have been abducted, Peter Beaumont https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/15/israeli-forces-west-bank-abducted-teenagers Israeli forces tighten grip on West Bank in search for three abducted teenagers The Guardian 15 June 2014 This vehicle was believed to be connected to the abduction. Suspicion arose that the use of the car displaying Israeli license plates was a trick to lull the hitchhikers into believing the vehicle was driven by Israelis. Israeli authorities had placed the emergency call recording under a gag order, but it was leaked to the public, after which the gag order was partially lifted. It then emerged that after Gilad Shaer's whispered message "They kidnapped me," the taped emergency call also recorded a cry ("heads down!"), sounds of shouting, a volley of automatic fire, a weak voice sighing "Ai," silence, another volley of automatic fire and then singing.Hartman Ben Harkov Lahav Lappin Yaakov 1 July 2014 LISTEN: Recording of kidnapped teen's distress call to police released The Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/Operation-Brothers-Keeper/Recording-of-distress-call-to-police-by-kidnapped-teen-released-361169 The burnt car discovered that morning yielded evidence of numerous blood-stains. Israeli police assumed correctly that bodies must have been buried in that vicinity. What they did not know was that the bodies had been taken from the provisional burial site and reburied 3 km mi beyond the radius of research. Notwithstanding this, the Israeli authorities began to broadcast the message that the boys were abducted, not that they had been murdered.Shlomi Eldar http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/07/misleading-kidnapping-almoz-hamas-vengeance-hatred.html Israeli public misled on abductions? Al-Monitor 3 July 2014Justin Schwegel http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-080714.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140708181943/http://atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MID-01-080714.html unfit 8 July 2014 How Israel Turned Tragedy into Opportunity Asia Times Online 8 July 2014 Days 2–3 On 14–15 June, the Hebron and South Hebron Hills areas were the focus of investigations by a large number of troops. Soldiers numbering 2,500 together with security agents, police, and special forces, engaged in a manhunt, scouring numerous villages, including Beit Ummar,http://www.maannews.net/ENG/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=705297 3 injured by rubber-coated bullets in Beit Ummar clashes Ma'an News Agency 17 June 2014 17 June 2014 17 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140617085058/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=705297 dead Beit Einun, Halhul, Dura, as-Samu, Tarqumiyah, Beit Kahil,Tom Rayner http://news.sky.com/story/1282241/israel-searches-for-kidnapped-teen-settlers Israel Searches For 'Kidnapped' Teen Settlers Sky News 15 June 2014 Yatta,https://www.timesofisrael.com/torched-car-near-hebron-may-have-served-kidnappers/ Torched car near Hebron may have served kidnappers The Times of Israel 14 June 2014 Taffuh,https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-16/ty-article/.premium/israel-hunts-for-hamas-cell-in-wb/0000017f-db31-df62-a9ff-dff714930000 Israeli security forces ramp up hunt for Hamas cell in West Bank Haaretz 16 June 2014Peter Beaumont https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/16/israel-considering-expelling-hamas-leaders-west-bank-gaza Israel Leaders Considering Expelling Hamas Leaders from the West Bank to Gaza The Guardian 16 June 2014 and TapuahJack Khoury https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-17/ty-article/.premium/u-s-officials-to-stay-out-of-hebron-area/0000017f-db37-d3ff-a7ff-fbb76d960000 Hebron area out of bounds to US officials after kidnapping Haaretz 17 June 2014 in what the IDF termed 'Operation Shuvu Achim (Return, Brothers/Bring Back Our Brothers),'Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4530549,00.html Infantry battalion deployed to Hebron, IDF calls in reservists Ynetnews 15 June 2014 and referred to in English as 'Brother's Keeper'.Gideon Levy Gideon Levy https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2014-06-19/ty-article/.premium/israels-double-standard/0000017f-db49-d3ff-a7ff-fbe9bdb50000 Israel's double standard Haaretz 19 June 2014 An anonymous "security source" claimed that little resistance was encountered because the local populations have become accustomed in recent years to regular night raids by the IDF. The sound of rubber-coated bullets and tear-gas canisters were heard. thumb|IDF troops entering a building to search on 15 June. thumb|Weapons found during Operation Brother's Keeper in Nablus Over the weekend, Israeli security forces also arrested around 80 Palestinians, among them senior members of Hamas, accused of being connected to the kidnapping,Ellis Ralph Schwartz Michael 15 June 2014 Israeli PM Netanyahu says Hamas abducted 3 teenagers CNN http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/15/world/meast/west-bank-jewish-teens-missinghttps://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-rounds-up-senior-hamas-men-in-the-west-bank/ Israel rounds up senior Hamas men in West Bank sweep 15 June 2014 The Times of Israel 15 June 2014 in a sweep that rounded up former government leaders, clerics, university lecturers, and militants of both Hamas and Islamic Jihad across the West Bank.William Booth https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/israeli-forces-detain-80-palestinians-in-search-for-kidnapped-teens/2014/06/15/9056ea90-f47d-11e3-8f20-f3a5fed7f3c4_story.html Israel accuses Hamas of abducting 3 teens The Washington Post 15 June 2014 In Hebron's Ein Deir Baha neighborhood Israeli forces broke down a door, apparently by firing a missile, after surrounding the house of Akram al-Qawasami. He, his 8-year-old son Muhammad and younger daughter Sujoud were injured by shrapnel, and two Hamas operatives, among them Zaid Akram al-Qawasami, were arrested inside.http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=705045 3 Palestinians injured after Israeli army 'bombs Hebron home' Ma'an News Agency 15 June 2014 The military also fully closed the Hebron area and Gaza crossings, only allowing passage for humanitarian cases. On Sunday, Netanyahu said what he had only hinted at previously, that Israel "knew for a fact" that the abduction had been carried out by Hamas,Jodi Rudoren https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/16/world/middleeast/netanyahu-blames-hamas-in-kidnapping-of-israeli-youths.html Netanyahu Says Three Were Taken by Hamas The New York Times 15 June 2014 a position the IDF had avoided explicitly stating. He did, however, not provide any evidence.Tait Robert 15 June 2014 Hamas kidnapping: Islamist group to blame for youths' 'kidnapping', Benjamin Netanyahu says The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10901225/Hamas-kidnapping-Islamist-group-to-blame-for-youths-kidnapping-Benjamin-Netanyahu-says.html Security officials remained more cautious, tending to accept the probability that a Hebronite Hamas cell was involved, but uncertain whether it was a local initiative to secure prisoner releases or an operation approved by the Hamas leadership in Gaza. A remark by Moshe Ya'alon about the "very heavy price" Hamas leaders might pay was interpreted by one journalist as hinting Israel might be mulling the option of resuming its campaign of targeted killings, this time against the Hamas leadership.Mitch Ginsburg https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-could-kill-hamas-leaders-defense-minister-hints/ Israel could kill Hamas leaders, defense minister hints The Times of Israel 15 June 2014 Israel's Deputy Minister of Defense, Danny Danon, threatened "possible actions" in Gaza and Ramallah.15 June 2014 Israeli raids target Hamas members as Netanyahu accuses group of kidnapping https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/15/israel-raids-hamas-kipdnapping-netanyahu The Guardian Jerusalem Associated Press 16 June 2014 Day 4 Overnight on 16 June, the IDF clashed with Palestinians in Jenin, where they ransacked the offices of Mustafa Barghouti's Palestinian National Initiative and confiscated computers.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=705095 Israeli forces ransack offices, confiscate computers in Jenin Ma'an News Agency 16 June 2014 16 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140618061742/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=705095 18 June 2014 dead 400 IDF soldiers raided the Jalazone refugee camp near Ramallah, killing 20 year old Ahmad Arafat Samada (Ahmad Sabarin) with a gunshot wound in the chest. 16 June 2014 Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian During Ramallah Arrest Raid - Palestine Chronicle https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-during-ramallah-arrest-raid/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20250515101740/https://www.palestinechronicle.com/israeli-forces-kill-palestinian-during-ramallah-arrest-raid/ 2025-05-15 2026-05-24 Palestine Chronicle en-USFuneral procession of slain Palestinian 20-year-old https://www.middleeasteye.net/gallery/funeral-procession-slain-palestinian-20-year-old live https://web.archive.org/web/20260116002918/https://www.middleeasteye.net/gallery/funeral-procession-slain-palestinian-20-year-old 2026-01-16 2026-05-24 Middle East Eye enPhotos of the Day http://www.sfgate.com/news/slideshow/Photos-of-the-Day-87991/photo-6463566.php AP The San Francisco Chronicle 16 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140617205616/http://www.sfgate.com/news/slideshow/Photos-of-the-Day-87991/photo-6463566.php 17 June 2014 dead A dragnet rounded up a further 50 people, bringing the total of Palestinians detained to 150. Many arrests, including the former speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council Aziz Duwaik, 66, were part of what IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz described as an extensive operation, and were not linked to the search for the youths, but were part of a crackdown to apply pressure on Hamas.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4530816,00.html IDF chief: We're heading towards an extensive operation 16 June 2014 YnetnewsRudoren Jodi Jodi Rudoren 16 June 2014 Israel Demands Palestinian Leader’s Help After Abductions https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/world/middleeast/israel-demands-abbas-help-after-abductions.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20140630083412/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/world/middleeast/israel-demands-abbas-help-after-abductions.html 30 June 2014 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 Netanyahu's approach was interpreted by some opponents as aimed at driving a wedge between Fatah and Hamas in order to break up the reconciliation between the two negotiated in April 2014.Amos Harel https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-17/ty-article/.premium/israel-driving-wedge-between-abbas-hamas/0000017f-db38-db5a-a57f-db7ac8490000 Israel's response to kidnapping aimed at driving a wedge between Abbas and Hamas Haaretz 17 June 2014 Palestinian Authority sources noted that Hamas, in the unity negotiations, had agreed to desist from attacks and bloodshed, and if its involvement in the kidnappings was proven, it would be a breach of the agreement that would render the reconciliation null and void,Avi Issacharoff https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-official-unity-pact-is-void-if-hamas-carried-out-kidnapping/ PA official: Unity pact is void if Hamas carried out kidnapping The Times of Israel 16 June 2014 a point repeated later in the week by the Palestinian Foreign Minister.Gregory Blachier http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-palestinian-israel-uprising-idUKKBN0EV19Y20140620 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306040846/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-palestinian-israel-uprising-idUKKBN0EV19Y20140620 dead 6 March 2016 Anger but no uprising over Israeli raids – Palestinian minister Reuters 20 June 2014 if Hamas is behind it, and nobody knows up until now, then it will be a blow to the reconciliation process. If we reach that conclusion, then the president will take drastic decisions. thumb|Weapons found in Nablus during Operation Brother's Keeper on the night of 16 June Day 5 Overnight 16–17 June, the IDF arrested more than 200 Palestinians.Zitun Yoav 17 June 2014 Operation Bring Back Our Brothers: IDF arrests 200, shift focus to Nablus Ynetnews http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4531266,00.html Anything linked to Hamas was being targeted, an official source said.Yaakov Lappin https://www.jpost.com/Pillar-of-Defense/Search-for-kidnapped-boys-enters-fifth-day-IDF-arrests-41-in-night-operation-359593 Search for kidnapped boys enters fifth day, IDF arrests 41 in night operation The Jerusalem Post 17 June 2014 The IDF shifted its attentions north, and deployed 1,000 soldiers from the Nahal Brigade for operations around Nablus. In particular the Balata refugee camp and the village of Awarta were scoured in what a spokesman called '"cleaning house" in the "terror capital of Nablus"', and a further 41 Palestinians were detained, among them the manager of the Hamas-run television channel Al-Aqsa TV, bringing the number of arrests to 200. Israeli soldiers confiscated a large cache of weapons and uncovered a weapons manufacturing lab in Nablus.http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2014/June/IDF-Uncovers-Weapons-Caches-in-Nablus/ IDF Uncovers Weapons Caches in Search for Teens CBN News 17 June 2014 Conflicting reports emerged regarding Israel's collaboration with both the PNA and other regional governments. Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Yoav Mordechai, denied on 16 June that Israel coordinated the search with Palestinian or Egyptian authorities. However, Israel military intelligence confirmed that Israel was working closely with both the PA authorities and Egypt. Egyptian sources stated the same day that Israel had requested their assistance, and that President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi had issued directives to his security services to undertake negotiations with all parties.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx%3FID%3D705243 Sources: Israel asked Egypt to help find kidnapped teens Ma'an News Agency 16 June 2014 16 June 2014 25 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141025123211/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=705243 dead On 17 June, Israel defence sources said PNA assistance had been "very professional." Day 6 thumb|IDF troops in the West Bank on the night of 18 June. On the night of 18 June, Israel seized 64 more Palestinians, of whom 51 were Hamas members who had been previously arrested but released in the Gilad Shalit exchange in 2011, bringing to 240 the number of arrests. In six days, government sources announced, they had searched 800 structures, including the Al-Aqsa radio station in Ramallah and the Hebron-based TransMedia communications company, both linked to Hamas.Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4531672,00.html IDF arrests 51 prisoners released in Shalit deal Ynetnews 18 June 2014 Operations had taken place in Hebron, Jenin, Nablus, Yatta, Taffuh, Dura, Beit Kahil, East Jerusalem, Idhna, Surif, Beit Ula, Beit Awwa, Deir Sharaf, Salfit, Audla, Tell, Beit Furikhttp://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=705707 Israeli army arrests over 50 Palestinians released in Shalit deal Ma'an News Agency 18 June 2014 18 June 2014 19 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140619144025/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=705707 dead and Qabatiya.Aron Donzis Spencer Ho https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-scoops-up-51-palestinians-freed-under-shalit-deal/ Israel scoops up 51 Palestinians freed under Shalit deal The Times of Israel 18 June 2014 The overnight operations also secured the defenses of Israeli settlements. In the process, 300,000 Palestinians were left under curfew, and 600,000 in the area had their movements restricted,http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706384 UN Mideast peace envoy condemns Israel's arrest campaign Ma'an News Agency 20 June 2014 20 June 2014 25 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625193244/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706384 dead while Hebronites with permission to work in Israel, an estimated 20,000,http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx%3FID%3D706421 Hebron losses '$10m daily' during siege Ma'an News Agency 20 June 2014 20 June 2014 26 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140626151958/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706421 dead were denied entrance into Israel, disrupting their livelihood. According to an IDF spokesman, Palestinians preparing for the Ramadan holiday had "taken a hit." Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan also stated that Israel had identified the Hamas cell responsible for the kidnapping. Day 7 Overnight on 19 June, troops raided the Bir Zeit University's student union searching for incriminating evidence, finding promotional material for Hamas.Marissa Newman https://www.timesofisrael.com/waiting-for-the-boys/ Waiting for the boys The Times of Israel 20 June 2014 The Prime Minister declared at a press conference: "We know more today than we did a few days ago." The IDF arrested 25 wanted Palestinians in the West Bank, and searched 200 homes. Nine more raids were launched against Hamas social services (Dawah) centers.https://www.jpost.com/Operation-Brothers-Keeper/Israel-vows-to-tighten-ring-around-kidnappers-as-it-targets-Hamas-infrastructure-360055 Israel vows to 'tighten ring around kidnappers' as it targets Hamas infrastructure The Jerusalem Post 20 June 2014 Moshe Ya'alon outlawed West Bank activities of the British Muslim charity, Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) because some of its offices employed Hamas members. In East Jerusalem, a social centre operated from a Beit Safafa mosque in Beit Safafa village, and a Sur Baher charity were also closed down.http://www.afp.com/en/news/30-new-arrests-israel-presses-west-bank-hunt-teens https://archive.today/20140620202536/http://www.afp.com/en/news/30-new-arrests-israel-presses-west-bank-hunt-teens dead 20 June 2014 30 new arrests as Israel presses West Bank hunt for teens AFP 20 June 2014 By night's end, 49 Palestinians had been arrested. One of the refugee camp detainees alleged that soldiers had stolen $580 from his wallet.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706367 Israel detains 49 in large-scale West Bank arrest raids Ma'an News Agency 20 June 2014 21 June 2014 25 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625193241/http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706367 dead Week 2 (20–26 June) thumbnail|The funeral of 15-year-old Mohammed Dudeen, killed by the IDF in Dura during operation Brother's Keeper, June 2014 Day 8 Throughout the week, the arrest of Hamas leaders went quietly as they acceded to their detention, but by Friday, 20 June, sporadic popular resistance began to emerge. Three Palestinians were wounded in a raid on Qalandiya refugee camp, near Jerusalem, while another five were wounded in clashes at the Dheisheh refugee camp by Bethlehem, whose Ibdaa cultural center was wrecked, cheques and money from its safe, together with five computers, confiscated.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706572 Israeli forces raid Ibdaa cultural center in Bethlehem Ma'an News Agency 22 June 2014 22 June 2014 27 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140627211708/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706572 dead Four of the victims were reportedly run over by an Israeli jeep.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706303 5 injured, 30 detained as Israeli forces storm Duheisha camp Ma'an News Agency 20 June 2014 20 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140626153930/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706303 26 June 2014 dead http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706303 5 injured, 30 detained as Israeli forces storm Duheisha camp Ma'an News Agency 20 June 2014 Medical sources said that Malek Mustafa al-Sharif, 22, was wounded by rubber-coated steel bullets during the clashes. In addition, an Israeli military patrol vehicle ran over four youths from the camp, including Musa al-Khamour, 22, Hassan Mujahid Abu Joudah, and Marcel Mahmoud Zaghout, 19, who was arrested after he was struck in the head by the vehicle. The fourth injured individual was not immediately identified. 20 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140626153930/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706303 26 June 2014 dead Also on 20 June, Israeli soldiers near the Qalandiya checkpoint in Ramallah fired live rounds at a group of Palestinians who had thrown homemade grenades at them. Mustafa Hosni Aslan, 22, received a gunshot wound to the head, and died on 25 June.Booth William https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/israel-troops-kill-2-palestinians-during-search-for-israeli-students-in-occupied-west-bank/2014/06/20/571b0472-5c98-4098-8f19-31121359b3a2_story.html Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians during search for Israeli students in occupied West Bank The Washington Post 17 June 2014 21 June 2014http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706357 2nd Palestinian youth dies after being shot by Israeli forces Ma'an News Agency 20 June 2014 24 June 2014 25 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625193040/http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706357 dead http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707843 Palestinian shot Friday succumbs to wounds Ma'an News Agency 25 June 2014 25 June 2014 14 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714222202/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707843 dead Live fire was used according to the IDF in response to Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, one makeshift grenade, firecrackers, and stones being thrown at soldiers at the camps.Elior Levy Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4532572,00.html Palestinian teen said killed in clashes with IDF as army arrests 25 more suspects in West Bank Ynetnews 20 June 2014 In Dura's Haninia neighbourhood, after a night-long raid, involving many clashes with local youths, to detain a person Israelis consider to be a terrorist, as troops were withdrawing, eyewitness testimonies reported that a retreating Israeli soldier fired six shots and killedhttp://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706295 13-year-old Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces in Dura Ma'an News Agency 20 June 2014 20 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20150112084317/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706295 12 January 2015 dead 15-year-old Mohammed Dudeen.Jodi Rudoren https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/world/middleeast/israeli-troops-kill-palestinian-teenager-protesting-west-bank-arrests.html Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Teenager Protesting West Bank Arrests The New York Times 20 June 2014 'One of them crouched and opened fire on the boy,' said Bassam al-Awadeh, 42, who said he watched from about 150 yd m away. 'The boy was hit in his heart and his abdomen.'Palestinian killed in students hunt http://www.independent.ie/world-news/palestinian-killed-in-students-hunt-30370736.html AP Irish Independent 20 June 2014Gideon Levy Gideon Levy Alec Levac https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2014-06-28/ty-article/.premium/other-boys-lives/0000017f-db8e-df9c-a17f-ff9eda240000 The Palestinian teen whose death went unnoticed by Israel Haaretz 28 June 2014 The first group of soldiers made do with firing tear-gas and stun grenades at the large numbers of young people on the streets. A little after 5 A.M., the last group of soldiers started to leave the town. Suddenly, one of the soldiers in the rear of the column aimed his rifle and fired live ammunition at the youngsters, at a range of about 80 meters. Twenty-five more Palestinians were arrested at Dura and Dheisheh, bringing the number of detainees to 320, of which 240 are considered Hamas operatives. The number of sites searched mounted to 1,150, of which 1,000 buildings were damaged, the figure including over 750 homes. According to Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki Israel had destroyed 150 homes by week's end. In another dawn raid on the Dean's Office and Student Union of the Arab American University in Jenin papers were seized, and Amir Saadi, 17, was shot in the shoulder. The villages of Arraba,http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706311 Israeli forces raid Arab American University in Jenin Ma'an 20 June 2014 20 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140626160755/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706311 26 June 2014 dead Al-Louz, and Artas were also raided. Riyad al-Malki demanded Israel produce evidence that Hamas was culpable, stating that Netanyahu cannot "keep blaming one side without showing evidence." He said Israel's massive military sweeps were unacceptable, with 300 Palestinians taken in exchange for three Israeli kids, but the Palestinian authority would act to prevent an uprising, for "if the situation continues as it is, this will end up (with) the destruction of what we have built in Palestine."AFP http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4532646,00.html Palestinian FM: Israel overreacting on abducted teens Ynetnews news 20 June 2014 On Friday night, Israeli security spokesmen said the "noose was tightening" as troops were concentrated near Hebron, with intelligence officials confident that attempts to move the youths to either Jordan, Gaza, or the Sinai had failed.https://www.timesofisrael.com/noose-tightening-around-kidnappers-teens-still-in-west-bank/ Noose tightening around kidnappers, teens still in West Bank The Times of Israel 20 June 2014 A spokesman for the Prime Minister, Amos Gilead, stated that Netanyahu's view that Hamas was responsible was "built on the base of firm intelligence." IDF forces ransacked Bethlehem's biggest Islamic charity, devoted to orphan's care, in the Jabal al-Mawalih neighborhood and took away computers and files.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706458 Israeli troops raid Bethlehem's biggest charitable society Ma'an News Agency 21 June 2014 21 June 2014 3 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140703230020/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706458 dead Day 9 On 21 June, Israeli forces concentrated their investigations on villages north of Hebron, searching wells, pits, and houses.Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4532701,00.html IDF surrounds villages near Hebron, increases troop presence Ynetnews 21 June 2014 According to Palestinian reports, an elderly man, Ali Abed Jabir, either died during an altercation with Israeli troops who broke into his home while ransacking houses in the village of Haris, or was denied passage for medical treatment after suffering a heart attack.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706454 Palestinian man dies of heart attack as Israeli troops raid home Ma'an News Agency 20 June 2014 21 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140626150337/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706454 26 June 2014 dead Israel sources state the house was not raided and, on being told of the heart-attack, an Israeli ambulance was called.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706562 Israel rejects responsibility for elderly Palestinian's death Ma'an News Agency 21 June 2014 21 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140702091619/http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706562 2 July 2014 dead A further 39 Palestinians, primarily in Hebron and Bethlehem, were arrested in overnight raids, bringing the number seized to roughly 370, 75 of whom had been released in the 2011 prisoner swap. IDF sources challenged the report, saying only 10 Hamas 'terrorists' were seized. Further claims of soldiers stealing money were made by villagers in Beit Kahil.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706487 Ongoing arrest campaign brings total Palestinians in jail to 5,700 Ma'an News Agency 21 June 2014 Two residents of the village also accused Israeli troops of stealing money from their homes during predawn raids Saturday. Samir Haymouni told Ma'an that Israeli troops stole 15,000 shekels ($4,300) in addition to damaging all of his furniture. Similarly, Hatim Asafra said that Israeli soldiers stole 2,500 shekels ($725) from his apartment. 21 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140626060929/http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706487 26 June 2014 dead In the village of al-Bireh, several houses were ransacked, and soldiers broke into the Noon Center for Islamic Studies and the Palmedia TC company where they confiscated computers and damaged furniture.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706456 Israeli forces storm al-Bireh, clash with young men Ma'an News Agency 21 June 2014 21 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140703222624/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706456 3 July 2014 dead The IDF said cash had been confiscated in 21 homes of the 146 homes searched overnight.Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4532764,00.html Rescue units rushed to Hebron, searching wells and caves Ynetnews 21 June 2014 Palestinian sources also stated that in a predawn raid in Nablus, a female reporter was assaulted and troops shot and injured two Palestinian teenagers.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706481 3 Palestinians injured in overnight Israeli raids in Nablus Ma'an News Agency 21 June 2014 21 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140703230708/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706481 3 July 2014 dead In the late afternoon three fire trucks, with pumps to empty pools of water, and an ATV rescue unit were rushed to assist special forces searching an area riddled with caves and wells north of Hebron, between Highway 35 and Highway 60, reportedly without concrete intelligence leads. Netanyahu reaffirmed that 'the information in Israel's hands unequivocally indicates that Hamas is responsible for the abduction of the youths.' Day 10 On 22 June, Israeli units shot dead two Palestinians and wounded another 11 in overnight clashes in Ramallah and Nablus, while nine (Israeli statistic) to 38 (Palestinian statistic)http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706760 38 detained in West Bank raids on Sunday, bringing total above 400 Ma'an News Agency 22 June 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625132736/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706760 25 June 2014 dead . The list notes 16 from Hebron, 19 from Bethlehem and three from Jenin. were arrested and five charity offices were raided. Israeli forces also raided Abu Dis and Al-Quds University's law faculty, seizing flags and several computers.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706679 Israeli forces raid Al-Quds University Ma'an News Agency 22 June 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625131009/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706679 25 June 2014 dead Ahmad Said Suod Khalid (27), an epileptic,http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706854 PCHR condemns army killing of mentally disabled man Ma'an News Agency 22 June 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140701200254/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706854 1 July 2014 dead of Ein Beit al-Ma' refugee camp was shot in the abdomen, back, and thigh,Jodi Rudoren https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/23/world/middleeast/israel-syria-border-attack.html Israeli Youth Dies in Attack Near Syrian Border The New York Times 22 June 2014 for refusing an order to turn back as he insisted on going to a mosque for dawn prayers. Muhammad Ismail Atallah Tarifi (30) was found dead on the roof of a building opposite an Israeli sniper position,Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4532948,00.html Two Palestinians killed during clashes with IDF, nine arrested overnight Ynetnews 22 June 2014http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706668 Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinians in Ramallah and Nablus overnight Ma'an News Agency 22 June 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625083726/http://maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706668 25 June 2014 dead an autopsy found he was shot dead by an M16, a rifle in use with the IDF.Two Palestinians, one Israeli boy killed in separate clashes http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-palestinians-dead-clashes-west-bank-20140622-story.html Los Angeles Times 22 June 2014http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706789 Autopsy proves slain Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in Ramallah Ma'an News Agency 22 June 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140701171738/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706789 1 July 2014 dead Mourners at his funeral in al-Bireh later complained that settlers from Psagot had fired at them, injuring one.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706919 Israeli settlers open fire at mourners in Ramallah, 1 hurt Ma'an News Agency 22 June 2014 22 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140625081806/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706919 25 June 2014 dead Palestinians, protesting at the cooperation given Israeli forces by their own police, who dispersed crowds by firing live ammunition in the air, smashed four local police cars in Ramallah, and, once Israelis had withdrawn from the city, raided a police station in Al Manara Square. Abbas, affirming that he was not convinced Hamas was responsible, called on Netanyahu to condemn two earlier killings, and asked if the criminal kidnapping justified 'the killing of Palestinian youth in cold blood?'https://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-calls-on-netanyahu-to-condemn-palestinian-deaths/ Abbas calls on Netanyahu to condemn Palestinian deaths The Times of Israel 22 June 2014 The Palestinian Prisoners' Society named 420 people so far arrested, claimed Israel consistently understated the numbers and refused to disclose where they are detained. On Sunday, the Palestinian Authority asked for an urgent convening of the UN Security Council, while mulling an appeal both to the High Contracting Parties of the Fourth Geneva Convention and the UN General Assembly to put an end what it considered to be "collective punishment," "Israeli terrorist aggression against the State of Palestine," and what Hanan Ashrawi termed "a reign of terror directed against a captive Palestinian population."Elhanan Miller https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-turning-to-un-security-council-to-halt-west-bank-raids/ Palestinians Turning to UN Security Council to Halt West Bank Raids The Times of Israel 22 June 2014 Day 11 On 23 June, 80 locations, including seven Hamas-linked charities, were raided from the Nablus to Hebron and Jenin areas, with a further 37 Palestinians detained overnight. Four money-changing shops in Hebron and one in Bethlehem were also searched, and their computers confiscated. The number of Palestinians under detention rose to 471.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706979 Israel detains 37 Palestinians as arrest operation continues Ma'an News Agency 23 June 2014 14 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20140701195900/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706979 1 July 2014 dead An officer interviewed on Walla! said that Israel, having achieved most of its "band of targets," would close the operation, and that the military incursion pattern in the West Bank, apart from detention raids, would stop within days. No clue to the teenagers' whereabouts, had turned up, but the operation, in crippling Hamas's infrastructure, had been a success.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706997 West Bank crackdown 'to end in days' Ma'an News Agency 23 June 2014 23 June 2014 1 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140701143821/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706997 dead Netanyahu declared: "We've pretty much figured out who are the kidnappers—the actual perpetrators, the supporters, the command structure—and there's no question, these are members of Hamas." Day 12 On 24 June 120 buildings were searched and four to 13http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707286 Israeli forces raid Hebron district overnight, 'arrest 13' Ma'an News Agency 24 June 2014 24 June 2014 29 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140629033551/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707286 dead Palestinians were rounded up by Israeli forces in the Hebron area, Beit Kahil, Beit Awwa, al-Arrub refugee camp, and the Hebron neighbourhoods of al-Mahawir, al-Bassa, and al-Hawooz, bringing the number of sites examined to 1,800 and the number of detained Palestinians, in the IDF calculation, to 354,Gavriel Fiske https://www.timesofisrael.com/four-arrested-overnight-in-west-bank-as-sweep-continues/ Four arrested overnight in West Bank as sweep continues The Times of Israel 24 June 2014 or according to Palestinian sources, over 500. As town searches and arrests wound down, investigators shifted their focus to interrogations of detainees and scrutiny of the 150 security cameras in the area in which the kidnapping is believed to have taken place.Elior Levy Yoav Zitun Attila Somfalvi http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4534057,00.html Hebron returning to normal as Shin Bet looks for new leads on kidnapped teens Ynetnews 24 June 2014 The IDF said it had no substantial lead on the boys' whereabouts, or fate.Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4534155,00.html IDF Chief: As time passes, concerns grow regarding fate of boys Ynetnews 24 June 2014 A lawyer for the PA said that in the wake of the West Bank round-up, the number of Palestinian minors detained in Israeli jails exceeded 250, and that the hunt for the missing Israeli youths served to cover up this fact.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707519 Number of Palestinian children in Israeli jails 'surpasses 250' Ma'an News Agency 24 June 2014 Over the past decade, Israeli forces have arrested, interrogated, and prosecuted around 7,000 children between 12 and 17, mostly boys, at a rate of "an average of two children each day", UNICEF said. 24 June 2014 28 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140628210113/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707519 dead Day 13 On 25 June, 17 Palestinians were arrested overnight in Yatta, Beit Ummar, Hebron and Bethlehem among them legislative council members Khalid Tafish and Anwar Zaboun,Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4534303,00.html Video: Hamas operative's arrest through the lens of the Skylark UAV Ynetnews 25 June 2014http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707700 Israeli forces detain Palestinian lawmakers, Hamas leaders overnight Ma'an News Agency 25 June 2014 26 June 2014 4 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140704224626/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707700 dead both of Bethlehem, bringing the number of Palestinian legislators arrested in the campaign to 12.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707782 23 Palestinian members of parliament in Israeli jails Ma'an News Agency 25 June 2014 26 June 2014 27 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140627054357/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707782 dead Of the 19 people arrested in Beit Ummar since the start of the search, 14 are minors. A Palestinian youth in Khursa, Younis al-Rjoub (18), was shot in the abdomen during a clash with Israeli soldiers.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707877 Israeli forces shoot and injure Palestinian near Hebron Ma'an News Agency 25 June 2014 26 June 2014 6 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140706153857/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707877 dead Day 14 On 26 June, the Israel Security Agency released the names of two Hamas suspects.Reuters http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/26/israel-suspects-teens-kidnapping_n_5534281.html Israel Names Two Suspects in Kidnapping of Teens HuffPost 25 June 2014 29 June 2014 The ISA stated that both men had engaged in terrorism, been arrested and served time in the past, and were immediately considered suspects. ISA and Palestinian authorities said they had disappeared from their homes on the night of the kidnapping, and ISA believed them to be integral members of the kidnapping group.UK https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10929615/Israel-identifies-two-suspects-in-case-of-kidnapped-teens.html Israel identifies two suspects in case of kidnapped teens The Telegraph 29 June 2014 Overnight, 136 structures were searched and a further 10 Palestinians were arrested in the Hebron area on suspicion of being terrorists. Fatima Ismail Issa Rushdi (78) died of a heart attack during an Israeli raid on the Arruba refugee camp. Nine youths were injured by tear gas or rubber bullets. Two boys, aged 13 and 14, were arrested in Dura.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707937 78-year-old woman dies of heart attack during Israeli raid Ma'an News Agency 26 June 2014 26 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714225338/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707937 14 July 2014 dead 44-year-old Ismail Ahmad al-Hawamda was shot in the foot, running away from a checkpoint in the Hebron district town of al-Samu.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707940 Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian at Hebron checkpoint Ma'an News Agency 26 June 2014 26 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233056/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707940 14 July 2014 dead Despite the Oslo Accords stipulating coordination with the PA security service for Israeli entry into West Bank Areas in the Area A, in what was called an "unprecedented" move, Israeli units raided the Tunis and Rafidia neighbourhoods of Nablus and Balata refugee camp without prior clearance. Two hundred homes in Awarta were also raided.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707973 Israel raids Nablus without notifying Palestinian security Ma'an News Agency 26 June 2014 26 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714204637/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=707973 14 July 2014 dead According to Israeli figures, state detentions numbered 381, of whom 282 are affiliated to Hamas. The number of locations searched rose to 1,955, including 64 Hamas institutions. Palestinian figures state that 566 were detained, six were shot dead, and over 120 wounded; two elderly people died of heart attacks during Israeli operations, and more than 1,200 homes were searched.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=708055 Group: 566 Palestinians detained since Israeli campaign began Ma'an News Agency 26 June 2014 26 June 2014 1 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140701172404/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=708055 dead Week 3 (27 June – 3 July) Day 18 thumb|300px|Graves of the three teenagers, Modi'in Cemetery On 30 June, a search team located the bound bodies of the three boys on land purchased recently by the Qawasmeh family in an open field near Khirbet Aranava in the Wadi Tellem area, between Halhul and Karmei Tzur, about 3 km mi west of the former, just north of Hebron.30 June 2014 Bodies of three kidnapped teens found The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/bodies-of-three-kidnapped-teens-foundGili Cohen Barak Ravid Jack Khoury https://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.602189 https://web.archive.org/web/20140630205915/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.602189 dead 30 June 2014 live updates Israeli forces find bodies of three kidnapped teens Haaretz 30 June 2014http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4536378,00.html IDF finds missing teens' bodies in West Bank Ynetnews 30 June 2014 A high security source revealed that: The quick solving of the crime by the Shin Bet, which within a 24-hour period identified the kidnappers, together with military pressure in the field, prevented the kidnappers from hiding the bodies and negotiating with Israel for their return. The ambulance carrying the three bodies was attacked by Palestinians as it left Halhul, the location where the bodies had been found. The Palestinians hurled rocks and paint at the ambulance, smashing its windshield and blinding the windows, but failed to cause the driver to lose control.http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/pa-arabs-attack-idf-ambulance-carrying-teens-bodies/2014/07/01/ PA Arabs attack IDF ambulance carrying teens' bodies 1 July 2014 30 June 2014 Just after midnight, Israeli military detonated explosives in the Hebron homes of the two main suspects, Marwan Qawasmeh and Amer Abu Aisha.https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/01/world/middleeast/Israel-missing-teenagers.html Israel's Search for 3 Teenagers Ends in Grief Jodi Rudoren Isabel Kershner 30 June 2014 The New York Times Day 19 The joint funeral of Yifrach, Fraenkel, and Shaer was scheduled for 17:30 on 1 July. Huge crowds delayed it for over an hour. Israeli jets and helicopters struck 34 locations in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip in response to more than 20 rockets being fired at Israel from Gaza. A 19-year-old Palestinian man, Yousouf Al-Zagha, was shot dead by Israeli troops during a raid in the northern town of Jenin. An IDF spokesperson said the man had thrown a grenade at the troops, while his family maintained he had been carrying eggs home for suhoor, the predawn meal during the fast of Ramadan.Deitch Ian 1 July 2014 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_ISRAEL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-07-01-04-25-41 As Israel buries teens, airstrikes target Hamas APLewis Ori 1 July 2014 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-israel-idUSKBN0F521P20140701 Israel mourns teenagers, strikes Hamas in Gaza Reuters Day 20 A Palestinian teenager was abducted from East Jerusalem and murdered. Israeli police located the body within hours, and arrested Israeli nationalist suspects several days later.Shin Bet forces arrest six in connection with Palestinian teens killing http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/223558111/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee/ht/Shin-Bet-forces-arrest-six-in-connection-with-Palestinian-teens-killing 7 July 2014 Israel News https://web.archive.org/web/20140714194312/http://www.israelnews.net/index.php/sid/223558111/scat/f81a4d9d561822ee/ht/Shin-Bet-forces-arrest-six-in-connection-with-Palestinian-teens-killing 14 July 2014 dead The kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir was soundly denounced by all of the families of the Israeli kidnapping victims as well as by many Israeli governmental and non-governmental public figures. Week 4 and on (4 July and after) On 4 July, Israel stated it was searching for a third suspect, Husam Dofsh, absent from his home since the kidnapping. A relative, Jihad Dofsh, had blown himself up in a "work accident" in a Hamas explosives laboratory in Hebron, and one of Qawasmeh's relatives had died in the same incident.Avi Issacharoff Adiv Sterman https://www.timesofisrael.com/third-hamas-operative-reported-missing-since-teens-kidnapping/ Israel hunting third Hamas operative missing since night teens were killed The Times of Israel 4 July 2014 Husam Dofsh was arrested in a Hebron coffee-shop the following day, after phoning an Israeli news site to protest his innocence.Adiv Sterman https://www.timesofisrael.com/suspected-accomplice-in-3-teens-killings-arrested/ Suspected accomplice in 3 teens' killings arrested The Times of Israel 6 July 2014 For about two weeks in July, Israeli military preparations began for direct fighting inside of Gaza, whilst Hamas rocket fire into Israel took place.http://jcpa.org/the-gaza-war-2014/ The Gaza War 2014 Jerusalem Center For Public Affairs en-US 2016-11-13 The military publicly announced on 17 July that it would go into Gaza, an intervention that caused at least 25 soldiers killed and scores injured on the Israeli side over the 20 to 21 July period. Public opinion in the nation is strongly divided, with, for example, the newspaper Haaretz editorializing that the "soft Gaza sand... could turn into quicksand" and warning about the "wholesale killing" of Palestinian civilians.https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israeli-mood-turns-dark-mounting-casualties-24652707 International ABC News ABC News 23 September 2014 The campaign in the Gaza is referred to by Israel as Operation Protective Edge. On 20 August, Hamas official Saleh Al-'Arouri spoke at the conference of the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Istanbul, where he said the group's military wing was responsible for the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens, saying it was an expression of popular will.Orlando Crowcroft [Hamas official: we were behind the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers] The Guardian 21 August 2014. Khaled Mashal, the Hamas leader, while recognizing that Hamas members were responsible, attempted to distance his organization from the killing two days later. Stating Hamas's opposition to killing civilians, he said the leadership had no advance knowledge of the abduction, which he regarded as a legitimate act by a frustrated people living under occupation, and that it had only learnt of its details from Israeli investigations.Hamas: We wouldn't target civilians if we had better weapons, Haaretz 23 August 2014. In July, demolition orders were handed out to the Qawasmeh and Abu Eisheh families and to Husam Ali Al Qawasmeh who was not a suspect in the killing but arrested for being a Hamas members. Despite protests from human rights groups, the families homes were demolished in August, displacing 39 Palestinians.https://www.gicj.org/un-special-procedures-appeals/palestine/331-collective-punishment-in-palestine Collective punishment in Palestine 17 July 2014 Aftermath Following the kidnappings and the escalating firing of missiles by Palestinian militants towards civilians in southern Israel, Israel decided to embark on Operation Protective Edge. On 3 July 2014, the Israeli Air Force conducted 15 air strikes in Gaza directed at Hamas targets in response to a rocket attack from Palestinian militants. The previous night, fifteen Palestinians were injured in the IAF strikes and two buildings ruined Live updates, July 2: Israel strikes Gaza; Sderot hit by rocket Haaretz 3 July 2014 https://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.602557 https://web.archive.org/web/20140702090301/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.602557 dead 2 July 2014 4 July 2014 Operation Protective Edge, became a ground war on 8 July 2014. On 11 July 2014, a series of bills in the United States Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives was launched, attempting to solve the boys' murder, based upon Yaakov Naftali Fraenkel's dual US-Israeli citizenship. The new legislation would offer a $5 million reward for information on the abduction and murder.September 2026US representative Doug Lamborn said "Naftali Frenkel was an American citizen who was killed by terrorists and the United States should not rest until his killers are brought to justice (..) amazingly, the Obama administration still supports this terrorist Palestinian government, even after the death of an American citizen" Dvorin Tova US Bill to Offer $5 Million Reward for Tips on Teens' Abduction http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/182786 israelnationalnews.com/News/ 11 July 2014 Arutz Sheva 14 July 2014 Accusations of collective punishment On Day 7, The Palestinian Authority declared that the Israeli modus operandi of clamping down on towns with closures and continual arrest of Hamas members constituted collective punishment.Marissa Newsman https://www.timesofisrael.com/pa-accuses-israel-of-collective-punishment-in-west-bank/ PA accuses Israel of 'collective punishment' in West Bank The Times of Israel 19 June 2014 Amnesty International issued a statement on 19 June calling both for the release of the Israeli youths, their humane treatment while being held, and for Israel to lift several measures it defined as collective punishment in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and customary international humanitarian law. According to The Economist, "The Israeli security forces closed off the area around Hebron. Some 23,000 local Palestinians were barred from travelling to their jobs in Israel. A series of charitable organisations that used to be run by Hamas were closed down and a dairy, which employs hundreds of Palestinians, was demolished. Hebronites were prevented from travelling abroad."https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21606288-murder-three-kidnapped-israeli-youths-has-set-dangerous-new-spate Israelis and Palestinians: A vicious circle speeds up again The Economist In July 2014, the Geneva International Centre for Justice sent an urgent appeal to protest against the imminent house demolition of the homes of the extended families of the suspects and of Husam Ali Al Qawasmeh. The demolitions which the Centre designated as collective punishment would affect 39 people. Two scholars rejected the claim that the actions constituted collective punishment: Robbie Sabel, a professor of international law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a former legal adviser to Israel's Foreign Ministry, argued that Israel's actions shouldn't be considered collective punishment because they were aimed exclusively at finding the kidnapped teenagers and weakening the terrorist organizations behind their abduction and that in a search for kidnapped civilians, the arrests of members affiliated with the organization responsible for the kidnapping is legitimate.Ahren Raphael Is Israel's operation to find kidnapped teens a war crime? https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-israels-operation-to-find-kidnapped-teens-a-war-crime 27 June 2014 The Times of Israel 23 June 2014 Eugene Kontorovich, international law professor at Northwestern University and Hebrew University said: "rounding up suspects, or potential witnesses, is not punishment, but rather rudimentary investigative process; especially when the crime is thought to be committed by a complex terror organization, the number of potential witnesses is high." Kontorovich cited as an example that police often arrest members of a gang after a crime to further investigate the perpetrators or criminal acts. Speculations on kidnapping motives Elhanan Miller, writing for The Times of Israel speculated that the motive for the kidnapping could have been to force Israel to release a large number of prisoners in exchange for the three teens. In 2011, Hamas had secured the release of over one thousand prisoners in exchange for Gilad Shalit, whom they had captured five years prior.Elhanan Miller https://www.timesofisrael.com/mahmoud-abbass-prisoners-dilemma/ Mahmoud Abbas's prisoner dilemma The Times of Israel 17 June 2014 4 July 2014 Some 300 prisoners went on a hunger strike against the Israeli practice of holding Palestinians in Administrative detention without charges for six months or more, which Israel says is done in cases where the detainee poses an imminent security risk and publicizing the charges could endanger national security.Christa Case Bryant https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2014/0614/Why-were-kidnapped-Israeli-teens-hitchhiking-in-the-West-Bank-video Why were kidnapped Israeli teens hitchhiking in the West Bank? The Christian Science Monitor 14 June 2014https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1554749318-hamas-founder-gets-six-month-detention-in-israel-without-trial I24NEWS Many Palestinians support the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers and civilians in order to obtain the release of these prisoners.Yusri al-Jammal http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-palestinian-israel-idUKKBN0EP0DX20140615 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306135030/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-palestinian-israel-idUKKBN0EP0DX20140615 dead 6 March 2016 Fearing three teens abducted, Israel escalates West Bank search with Abbas help Reuters 15 June 2014 UK In 2011, Israel released more than a thousand Palestinians in detention, many convicted by Israeli courts for lethal attacks,Isabel Kershner Isabel Kershner https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/world/middleeast/abduction-of-young-israeli-hitchhikers-spurs-debate-on-conduct.html Abduction of Young Israeli Hitchhikers Spurs Debate on Conduct The New York Times 16 June 2014 in exchange for Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants. Some months before the 2014 incident, an 18-page manual on abduction techniques was published by Hamas. Entitled "Guide for the Kidnapper," it provided an operational guide that outlined the use of pistols with silencers, the use of backup cars, the choice of conducting the abductions on rainy days, a command of Hebrew, the renting of hideouts in areas to avoid arousing suspicions and suggestions to refrain from announcing the outcome of the kidnapping until the victims were secured in a safe house.Zvi Bar'el https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-16/ty-article/.premium/egypt-cooperating-in-search-efforts/0000017f-db30-d856-a37f-fff076cb0000 Egypt cooperating with Israeli search efforts for kidnapped teens, while Hamas faces catch-22 Haaretz 16 June 2014 The difficulty confronting the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, which has an ongoing debate on the issue, is the coordination between the PNA and Israeli security services, which makes executing such operations difficult. Several prior incidents, such as the killings of Givati soldier Gal "Gavriel" Kobi and Baruch Mizrahi, a police intelligence officer, displayed exceptional, high-level skills, strict compartmentalization, and careful preparations for an escape route, features shared by the kidnapping. These elements resemble the carefully planned abductions of IDF soldiers by Hezbollah on Israel's northern border. Israel said that the IDF and the Shin Bet have foiled between 54Asmaa al-Ghoul https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/06/19/could-kidnapping-of-israeli-boys-lead-to-intifada Could Kidnapping of Israeli Boys Lead to Intifada? U.S. News & World Report 19 June 2014 Ya'alon added that in 2013, more than 30 kidnapping attempts were foiled, and another 14 attempts since the beginning of this year. and 64 kidnapping plots since 2013. The PA said it had foiled 43 of them. The high success rate (95%) in blocking such plots is due to the very close cooperation between the security forces of both sides.Amos Harel https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/06/26/bibi_and_the_lost_boys_netanyahu_israel_kidnapped_teenagers_abbas Bibi and the Lost Boys Foreign Policy 26 June 2014 Since the end of the Second Intifada, around 2005, Israelis have grown to expect a success rate of almost 95 percent in stopping terrorist attacks before they occur. Most terror suspects in the West Bank are either arrested before they manage to do anything, or immediately thereafter. A major reason for this success has been the very close cooperation between Israel and Palestinian security officials – a relationship both sides prefer to keep as low-profile as possible. Hamas has put considerable effort into kidnapping attempts through its large network.William Booth Ruth Eglash https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-goes-after-hamas-in-west-bank-in-wake-of-teens-abduction/2014/06/18/d3576d56-adc5-4027-9a0b-90e570346543_story.html Israel clamps down on Hamas in West Bank after abduction of three Jewish teenagers The Washington Post 18 June 2014 A week into the search for the missing youth, Avi Issacharoff cast doubts on the premise for West Bank operations, which in his view 'targeted the weak'—since Hamas has neither a large or strong presence there—and argued that the operational order, if there was one, came from either Gaza, or abroad, perhaps Ankara-based deportee Saleh al-Arouri, or Khaled Mashal, who appeared to hint a month earlier in replying to a letter from an imprisoned Hamas leader, after Netanyahu reneged on releasing a fourth group of Palestinian prisoners,Amir Oren https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-20/ty-article/.premium/israels-disjointed-security-establishment/0000017f-db58-db22-a17f-fff96bc80000 West Bank kidnapping exposes Israel's disjointed security establishment Haaretz 20 June 2014 that the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades would be his reply. Issacharoff concluded however that, "There isn't a smoking gun to prove the Hamas leadership is complicit in the kidnapping."Avi Issacharoff https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-week-of-raids-and-arrests-but-no-hard-lead-to-the-kidnappers/ A week of raids and arrests, but no hard lead to the kidnappers The Times of Israel 20 June 2014 On 20 August, a Hamas official identified the West Bank Qawasmeh clan, a Hamas ally, for the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens and shared their motives. Saleh Al-'Arouri of the Hamas leadership delivered an address on behalf of Khaled Mashal at the conference of the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Istanbul. In it he said: "Our goal was to ignite an intifada in the West Bank and Jerusalem, as well as within the 1948 borders... Your brothers in the Al-Qassam Brigades carried out this operation to support their imprisoned brothers, who were on a hunger strike... The mujahideen captured these settlers in order to have a swap deal."https://www.memri.org/tv MEMRI TV MEMRI 11 February 2024 Hitchhiking debate in Israel As events unfolded, the dangerous nature of hitchhiking in what Israelis refer to as "the territories" prompted a debate, regarded by some in the settler and religious Zionist communities as a kind of victim blaming,Anshel Pfeffer https://www.haaretz.com/2014-06-15/ty-article/.premium/abductions-wont-stop-w-b-hitchhiking/0000017f-db2a-db5a-a57f-db6ae6450000 Abductions won't stop settlers from hitchhiking Haaretz 15 June 2014 about the practice of hitching rides on roads in the Palestinian territories, widely regarded as a cavalier and irresponsible habit for the costs involved in redeeming anyone who is captured. The normal Israeli practice is one where drivers pull up, declaring their destination, and, by their accent, allowing potential hikers at trempiada (hitchhiking stations) an opportunity to examine the clues before they accept or decline a lift. Such hitchhiking has long been a hallowed method of travel among Israelis,August 2014 but as abductions and killings of hitchhikers, mainly IDF soldiers, began to take root in the 1980s,August 2014 one incident in October 1994 led to the passage of regulations that forbade military personnel from resorting to this method of travel.August 2014 To hammer the message home, recruits doing basic training are required now to view snuff films that highlight the dangers, and military police "abduct" and punish recruits who do not take it seriously. Israeli governments have not regulated civilian recourse to hitchhiking, and laws delegate responsibility to parents, expecting them to advise their children. The practice however remains widespread among the dati leumi community of religious Zionists for several reasons: many of them, as in this case, have children boarding in West Bank settlements, where public transport facilities are poor.August 2014 Haaretz reported that for mitzvah-observant adolescents, it is "a rite of passage, a way of life, a declaration of independence and of ownership of the land." Retired Brigadier General, Nitzan Nuriel, a former counter-terrorism officer in the Prime Minister's Office, declared on Israeli television that hitchhiking had an ideological edge: it made a statement about who owns the territory. Reactions Israel One anonymous Israeli government official stated to Reuters news agency that Israel was looking to use the search as an opportunity for a wider crackdown on Hamas, and were looking into the legal aspects of deporting Hamas leaders from the West Bank.Sawafta Ali Israel expands West Bank hunt for missing teens, Palestinian killed https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinian-israel-idUSKBN0ER05F20140616 16 June 2014 Reuters A Hebrew-language Facebook page calling on PM Netanyahu to assume his responsibilities and requesting that a Palestinian "terrorist" be executed every hour until the three youths are restored to their families, gained 10,000 thumb-ups within hours.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=705004 Thousands join online campaign to kill Palestinian 'terrorists' Ma'an News Agency Maariv 15 June 2014 16 June 2014 18 June 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140618202744/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=705004 dead Dearden Lizzie Facebook campaign calls on Israelis to kill a Palestinian terrorist every hour until missing teenagers found https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/online-campaign-calling-on-israelis-to-kill-a-palestinian-terrorist-every-hour-until-missing-teenagers-found-9540604.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/online-campaign-calling-on-israelis-to-kill-a-palestinian-terrorist-every-hour-until-missing-teenagers-found-9540604.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 16 June 2014 The Independent With a perception in Israel, expressed by Thane Rosenbaum, that the sympathy long lavished on Israel was dwindling,Thane Rosenbaum https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2014-06-23/ty-article/.premium/the-worlds-indifference-to-israels-plight/0000017f-db6d-db5a-a57f-db6f58c20000 The world's cruel indifference to Israel's plight Haaretz 23 June 2014 the government stepped up hasbara efforts abroad, especially in Brazil where the 2014 FIFA World Cup was then the focus of much of the world's attention. An aircraft trailed a #BringBackOurBoys banner along a Rio de Janeiro beach. The families of the missing boys went to Geneva to address the UN's Human Rights Council.Itamar Eichner http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4533679,00.html Missing teens' families to address UN Human Rights Council Ynetnews 23 June 2014 On television, Netanyahu declared that "Anyone trying to harm Israeli civilians will be harmed in return." Israel's Economic Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel will make membership of Hamas a 'ticket to hell', branding it one 'of the most "lethal, barbaric organizations in the world." Both the PA and Hamas, he affirmed, formed a 'complete culture where Israel is [perceived as] Satan.'Gavriel Fiske https://www.timesofisrael.com/bennett-promises-ticket-to-hell-for-hamas-members/ Bennett promises 'ticket to hell' for Hamas members The Times of Israel 17 June 2014 15 June. Moshe Ya'alon cited the kidnapping as "additional testimony to the cruelty and seething hatred that guides the terror groups in our region." 'Israel has decided to perform a root canal to uproot everything green in the West Bank,' reported on Israel's Army Radio, green being the colour of Hamas.2014-06-17 Israel Aims to Break Hamas as Hunt for Youths Intensifies https://m.naharnet.com/stories/en/135252-israel-aims-to-break-hamas-as-hunt-for-youths-intensifies 2025-10-30 Naharnet Agence France-Presse Israel's ambassador to Italy, Naor Gilon, declared that "Europe backs Hamas' government and the kidnapping of children and Israeli civilians."http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706197 Israeli ambassador: Europe supports kidnapping children Ma'an News Agency 19 June 2014 20 June 2014 14 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714230402/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=706197 dead 'We're witnessing the unrestrained brutality of Islamic terrorism, both in Israel and around us.' Netanyahu to Ban Ki-moon.Yoav Zitun http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4532868,00.html We're witnessing the unrestrained brutality of Islamic terrorism Ynetnews 21 June 2014 'Not only are the kidnappers terrorists, but so is Hanin Zoabi'. Avigdor Liberman, writing in Facebook of his Knesset colleague. Rabbi Dov Lior said the abduction was God's punishment for anti-religious legislation in the Knesset and Israel's readiness to abandon parts of the Land of Israel. Yuval Diskin countered: If so, why did God arrange for religious boys to be kidnapped if he was angry with secular Israelis?Meir Halevi Siegel http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/rav-dov-lior-abduction-was-divine-punishment/2014/06/19/0/%3Fprint Rav Dov Lior: Abduction was Divine Punishment The Jewish Press 19 June 2014 The Haredi Yated Ne'eman claimed that government policies aimed at drafting yeshiva students into the army against their will was the cause of the abductions.Jeremy Sharon https://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/Haredi-daily-Kidnappings-result-of-government-organized-abductions-of-Torah-students-359841 Haredi daily: Kidnappings result of 'government-organized abductions' of Torah students The Jerusalem Post 19 June 2014 15 June. Jews and Muslims who work fields as part of the Shorashim/Judhur cooperative project near where the kidnapping took place met and discussed their distress for several hours.Elhanan Miller https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-kidnapping-site-jews-and-muslims-join-in-prayer/ At kidnapping site, Jews and Muslims join in prayer The Times of Israel 17 June 2014 17 June. Jews many from the Gush Etzion and Muslims held a joint prayer session at the kidnapping site. Rabbi Michael Melchior said Islamic clerics were concerned and demanded the youths' immediate release, and Israel's distress was shared by Palestinians. Jerusalem Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Hawa recited the Al-Fatiha chapter of the Quran, adding that 'there is a wall between our two nations, and we hope to remove the wall separating the hearts of humans.' In an interview with Globes Yishai Fraenkel, uncle of the missing Naftali Fraenkel, recounted that he had received "no few messages of support and encouragement from Palestinian sources" who had said they were repulsed by the kidnapping and were "praying for the boys' welfare."Shay Izhar Palestinians tell me they're repulsed by the kidnapping http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-palestinians-tell-me-theyre-repulsed-by-the-kidnapping-1000947171 18 June 2014 Globes 17 June 2014 Human rights organization B'Tselem condemned the kidnapping of the three students and called for their immediate release, saying "any deliberate attack against civilians is absolutely prohibited." They also cautioned Israeli authorities to uphold human rights and avoid collective punishment of the local population in their efforts to bring the students home safely.Those holding the three yeshiva students must release them at once; Israeli security forces must uphold human rights and avoid collective punishment http://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20140615_the_three_yeshiva_students_must_be_released_at_once B'Tselem 15 June 2014 Later B'Tselem condemned the killing of the three students by saying "deliberate targeting of civilians undermines all moral, legal and human principles. The deliberate killing of civilians is defined as a grave breach of international humanitarian law, and cannot be justified, regardless of the circumstances."B'Tselem strongly condemns the abduction and killing of the three Yeshiva students http://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20140630_abduction_and_killing_of_three_yeshiva_students B'Tselem 30 June 2014 Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi, a Palestinian, stated that the kidnappers were not terrorists, but frustrated people resorting to such measures 'until the citizens of Israel and the public sober up and relate to the suffering of others,' mentioning the mothers of Palestinians who are being detained without trial.Spencer Ho https://www.timesofisrael.com/mk-assailed-for-saying-kidnappers-not-terrorists/ MK assailed for saying kidnappers not terrorists The Times of Israel 17 June 2014 10 July 2014 'Three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped, but the two Palestinian kids who were killed [on Friday] were not even mentioned [in your broadcast]? The blood of Jews is more precious than the blood of Palestinians?' Hanin Zoabi.https://www.timesofisrael.com/mk-assailed-for-saying-kidnappers-not-terrorists-2/ Hanin Zoabi: IDF operation in West Bank is terrorism The Times of Israel 21 June 2014 On 1 July 2014, settlers started two new outposts, one on a hilltop in the E1 area near Ma'ale Adumim and the other near Halhul. In late August, the IDF, acting on political instruction,AFP, 'Israel plans to expropriate 400 hectares of West Bank, army says,' https://web.archive.org/web/20140904121023/https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/24859893/israel-plans-to-expropriate-400-hectares-of-west-bank-army/ 4 September 2014 Yahoo News 1 September 2014. announced it was confiscating 988 acres (1.54 square miles) of privately owned Palestinian land south of Bethlehem,Renee Lewis, 'Israel confiscates nearly 1,000 acres of Palestinian land in the West Bank,' Al-Jazeera, 31 August 2014. as a response to the killing of the teens. Naftali Bennett described the move as an "appropriate Zionist response to murder," adding: "What we did yesterday was a display of Zionism. Building is our answer to murder."'UK, France condemn Israeli decision to appropriate West Bank land,'Ynet, 1 September 2014: 'Israeli media reported the move was in response to the kidnapping and murder of the three Israeli teens.' The U.S. rebuked the move as 'counter-productive', while France condemned it and Britain deplored the decision stating that it 'would seriously damage Israel's international reputation.' Defining the area as state land rather than private Palestinian land was hailed by the Gush Etzion settlements council as an opportunity to build up Gva'ot, an illegal Israeli settlement of 16 families.'Israel confiscates 1,000 acres of Palestinian land south of Bethlehem,' https://web.archive.org/web/20140901102320/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=724585 1 September 2014 Ma'an News Agency 31 August 2014.Peter Beaumont,'Huge new Israeli settlement in West Bank condemned by US and UK,' The Guardian 1 September 2014. Robert Fisk stated that it was the first time Palestinian land had been seized, not on God's warrant, or security grounds, or because of deed of title, but for revenge, a measure which set a dangerous precedent.Robert Fisk, 'Israel’s ‘land for lives’ is theft. Pure and simple,'The Independent 2 September 2014. Social media in Israel thumb|"Bring back our boys" on Jerusalem bus, June 2014. A social media campaign was started soon after the kidnapping advocating for the safe return of the teens under the hashtag #BringBackOurBoys. According to Robert Mackey, the campaign was initiated by a "group of Israelis trained to promote their country online"Mackay Robert Israelis Start #BringBackOurBoys Campaign http://news.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/17/israelis-start-bringbackourboys-campaign/ 21 June 2014 The New York Times 17 June 2014 The campaign's label attempted to make the link between the then-recent #BringBackOurGirls campaign following the Chibok schoolgirl kidnapping in Nigeria. One of the organizers stated the social media effort "is simply a cry out to the world to bring those boys back," adding that "We're only trying to do whatever we can to help the international community to put pressure to release those kids."Associated Press https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/search-for-missing-teens-intensifies-israeli-pm-urges-abbas-to-end-pact-with-hamas/ Israel leader wants world pressure on Palestinians AP 17 June 2014 On 15 June, around 25,000 people gathered for a prayer at the Western Wall for the release of the kidnapped teenagers.Megnazi Avail Morag Gilad 16 June 2014 Rabbi Lau: Israeli nation will never break http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4530769,00.html Ynetnews 16 June 2014 Violent Israeli reactions On the night of 1 July a Palestinian family registered a complaint at police concerning an attempt to kidnap their child, 10-year-old Moussa Zalum, on Shu'fat's main street in Jerusalem. At the time, they reported, he was walking with his mother and brother when a car stopped and people tried to pull him into the vehicle. The child managed to wriggle free, and the car sped off.http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/244703/burned-body-of-arab-found-in-jerusalem-forest.html Burned Body of Arab Found in Jerusalem Forest Yeshiva World News 3 July 2014 After the bodies of the three boys were found, settlers attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank were reported. Settlers from Tel Rumeida in Hebron were in the streets, attacking Palestinians and internationals. The Border Police stormed the hill towards the gathered crowd of Palestinians and internationals, exploded a sound grenade and injured a Palestinian in the following clash.http://www.cpt.org/cptnet/2014/07/01/al-khalil-hebron-cpt-palestine-responds-incidents-occurring-after-teenagers%E2%80%99-bodie Al-Khalil (Hebron) CPT Palestine responds to incidents occurring after teenagers' bodies discovered CPT 1 July 2014 5 July 2014 8 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140708232107/http://www.cpt.org/cptnet/2014/07/01/al-khalil-hebron-cpt-palestine-responds-incidents-occurring-after-teenagers%E2%80%99-bodie dead Kidnapping and murder of Mohammed Abu Khdeir On 2 July a 16-year-old Palestinian from Shu'fat camp, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, was killed; preliminary results from the autopsy suggest he was burnt alive. The boy's family believes the killing to be an act of revenge from Jewish settlers for the murder of the three Israeli teenagers.https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-28174519 Palestinian Mohammad Abu Khdair 'was burned alive' BBC News 5 July 2014 Netanyahu urged a swift inquiry into the "reprehensible murder" and called on people to respect the rule of law.Palestinians say Israeli extremists killed teen http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/nation-world-news/palestinians-say-israeli-extremists-killed-teen West Hawai'i Today On the evening of 3 July, Palestinians of Shu'fat reported to the Israeli police that four settlers from Pisgat Zeev had attempted to kidnap a 7-year-old local child, and had fled on being thwarted.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=709927 Locals: Settlers try to kidnap 7-year-old in Beit Hanina Ma'an News Agency 4 July 2014 6 July 2014 10 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140710071921/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=709927 dead On Friday Palestinians of Osarin near Nablus in the West Bank complained that one of them, 22-year-old Tariq Ziad Zuhdi Adeli, had been sprayed with a gas by settlers, abducted in a car, taken outside the village and then sustained injuries from a hatchet attack to his legs.http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=710084 Locals: Settlers 'abduct, attack' Palestinian near Nablus Ma'an News Agency 5 July 2014 6 July 2014 8 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140708150902/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=710084 dead Three days later, a video was aired, that appeared as the beating up of 15-year-old American citizen Tariq Abu Khdeir by Israeli security forces. Tariq, a second-cousin of murdered Mohammed Abu Khdeir, is a student who attends Universal Academy of Florida high school in Tampa, Florida.http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/07/05/tampa-teenager-beaten-and-jailed-in-israel/12238105/ https://archive.today/20140705154456/http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/local/2014/07/05/tampa-teenager-beaten-and-jailed-in-israel/12238105/ dead 5 July 2014 Tampa teen beaten, jailed in Jerusalem WTSP 5 July 2014 6 July 2014http://www.channel4.com/news/israel-palestine-teenager-beaten-police-video-jerusalem Video shows Israeli police beating Palestinian teenager 5 July 2014 Channel 4https://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/national/us-teen-allegedly-beaten-detained-in-israeli-prison/2014/07/05/4a1259cc-0470-11e4-ae91-d5e5645b17c1_video.html US teen allegedly beaten, detained in Israeli prison 5 July 2014 The Washington Post Israeli authorities then detained Tariq. The US State Department called for "a speedy, transparent and credible investigation and full accountability for any excessive use of force."Psaki Jen Detention of Tariq Khdeir https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/07/228774.htm Press Releases: July 2014 US Department of State 5 July 2014 Israeli Border Police started an official investigation on 5 July.Beaten Palestinian youth is US citizen, cousin of murdered kidnap victim https://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.603184 https://web.archive.org/web/20140706012630/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.603184 dead 6 July 2014 5 July 2014 Haaretz 5 July 2014 Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, defying widespread popular Palestinian support for the kidnapping as a means of securing the release of Palestinians held in Israeli jails, criticized the action, saying the youths must be returned,Dónzis Aron Abbas: Kidnapped youths 'must be returned' https://www.timesofisrael.com/abbas-kidnapped-youths-must-be-returned 20 June 2014 The Times of Israel 18 June 2014 and that Palestinian Authority security was cooperating with Israel to try to locate them.Miller Elhanan Cooperation with PA on kidnapping 'professional,' army official says https://www.timesofisrael.com/cooperation-with-pa-on-kidnapping-professional-army-official-says 20 June 2014 The Times of Israel 17 June 2014 Abbas' office released a statement condemning the kidnapping and the Israeli response of raids and arrests. At US urging, Abbas was working closely with Israel to coordinate the search for the teens.Booth William Palestinian President Abbas condemns kidnapping of Israeli teens https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/palestinian-president-abbas-condemns-kidnapping-of-israeli-teens/2014/06/16/477fa638-f557-11e3-a606-946fd632f9f1_story.html 16 February 2014 The Washington Post A PA spokesman stated that holding Palestinian authorities responsible for kidnappings in Area C of the West Bank, where Israel exercises full military control and prohibits a Palestinian police presence places the PA in an impossible position. The Palestinian Authority's official newspaper marked the kidnapping with a cartoon that spoofed the World Cup logo. Three hands hold the globe in the FIFA World Cup logo, but in Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, three hands held small helpless figures with their hands up in surrender. While the World Cup logo says "Brazil" under it, the spoof says Khalil, the Arabic name for Hebron, a city near the site of the kidnapping.http://www.jewishnews.net.au/pa-cartoon-glorifies-kidnapping/35689 PA cartoon glorifies kidnapping The Australian Jewish News 19 June 2014 A cartoon on a Fatah Facebook page presented the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers as rats caught on three hooks on a fishing rod. Each rat was emblazoned with a Star of David, and the title of the cartoon read "Masterstroke." A picture on the same Facebook page showed a hand with words written on three of the fingers. Read in succession they said: "Three Shalits, long live Palestine."https://www.timesofisrael.com/mahmoud-abbass-prisoners-dilemma/ Mahmoud Abbas's prisoner dilemma,' The Times of Israel 17 June 2014http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/181726 Sick: Fatah Posts Cartoon Mocking Kidnapped Teens as 'Rats' Israel National News 15 June 2014 Hamas spokesmen Sami Abu Zuhri and Fawzi Barhoum criticized the PNA collaboration with Israel to track down the culprits,Miller Elhanan Hamas and Fatah clash over conciliatory Abbas speech https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-and-fatah-clash-over-conciliatory-abbas-speech 20 June 2014 The Times of Israel 19 June 2014 and Barhoum called the kidnappers "heroes."http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4530169,00.html Hamas angered by PA help in search for missing teens Reuters Ynetnews 14 June 2014 In social media, many Palestinians criticized what they see as the strong emphasis placed by Israel on the teenagers' disappearance to the detriment of Palestinian suffering, citing the case of two Palestinian boys shot dead by Israelis at a protest in Beitunia during a Nakba Day protest on 15 May 2014. On Twitter, in response to the IDF campaign, Palestinian sympathizers appropriated the hashtag as their own, drawing attention to both Palestinian prisoners in Israeli goals and Palestinian children killed by Israeli actions. One mentioned 5,271 Palestinian political prisoners, 192 administrative detainees, 17 women and 196 children.Howard Koplowitz http://m.ibtimes.com/bringbackourboys-idf-hashtag-sparks-palestinian-outrage-twitter-1601370 #BringBackOurBoys IDF Hashtag Sparks Palestinian Outrage on Twitter The International Business Times 14 June 2014 15 June 2014 15 July 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715030823/http://m.ibtimes.com/bringbackourboys-idf-hashtag-sparks-palestinian-outrage-twitter-1601370 dead Senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad officials have stated that kidnapping Israeli soldiers and settlers is the only route to obtain the release of Palestinian prisoners.Harel Amos Missing teens: Time is not on their side https://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.598633 https://web.archive.org/web/20140614040539/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.598633 dead 14 June 2014 16 June 2014 Haaretz 13 June 2014 Hz Palestinian Fatah and Hamas activists called on Palestinian shopkeepers and businessmen in Hebron, via Facebook, Twitter and other social media, to destroy any CCTV footage that could be used by Israel to help locate the teens. Fatah activists in Hebron also confiscated security cameras in order to frustrate the search.Khaled Abu Toameh https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Palestinian-activists-call-for-destruction-of-CCTV-footage-in-attempt-to-frustrate-IDF-search-359321 Palestinian activists call for destruction of CCTV footage in attempt to frustrate IDF search The Jerusalem Post 15 June 2014 In the Gaza Strip, families of Palestinians imprisoned by Israel celebrated the kidnapping by handing out sweets to passersby from a protest tent that had been erected to express solidarity.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4530227,00.html Gaza residents celebrate at news of missing Israeli teens Ynetnews 14 June 2014 Kais Roi Gazan Palestinians also released a song on social networks mocking the kidnappings, and called for additional abductions.http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4530419,00.html Hamas video: Fight against Israeli forces in West Bank Ynetnews 15 June 2014 A Palestinian group mounted a video on YouTube parodying the abduction, in a fictional scenario featuring an "Abu Saqer el Khalili Brigades, the Kick Ass Branch," apparently taking the event to be an Israeli plot with Arab complicity while mocking Islamic extremism.Spencer Ho https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-parody-kidnapping-in-video/ Palestinians parody kidnapping in video The Times of Israel 23 June 2014 Hamas parliamentarian Salah Bardawil: "We are capable of igniting a third Intifada which is an irrevocable right that will go off when more pressure is exerted on the Palestinian people."December 2020 "I don't plan to punish anyone based on suspicions or because Netanyahu claims something. If Netanyahu has information, he should update me and we'll take care of it according to our laws." Mahmoud Abbas. "The world cannot stand by while Israel, the occupying power, commits such grave breaches of international law." Hanan Ashrawi. International United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon released a statement condemning the abduction, expressing "deep concern on the trend toward violence on the ground and attendant loss of life, including today of a child in Gaza as a result of a recent Israeli airstrike." He expressed solidarity with the families of the abducted, called for their immediate release and called for restraint on both sides.http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/un-chief-ban-ki-moon-equates-kidnapping-to-israeli-defense/2014/06/15/ UN chief Ban Ki-moon Equates kidnapping to Israeli Defense The Jewish Press 15 June 2014Yair Ettinger Chaim Levinson Barak Ravid Gili Cohen https://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.598771 https://web.archive.org/web/20140615155431/http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.598771 dead 15 June 2014 Kidnapped teens believed still in West Bank Haaretz 15 June 2014https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-chief-condemns-kidnapping-of-teens-in-west-bank/ UN chief condemns kidnapping of teens in West Bank The Times of Israel 15 June 2014 After the dead bodies were found, Ban Ki-moon condemned the murders of the three Israeli teenagers, calling them a "heinous act by enemies of peace that aim to entrench division and distrust and widen the Middle East conflict." In response to proposals in the Security Council to make a statement to the press condemning the kidnapping, and the collective punishment and deaths of Palestinians, no agreement could be found:Reuters http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4533818,00.html US, Jordan in disagreement at UN over Israel condemnation Ynetnews 24 June 2014 the US representative Samantha Power said that any direct criticism of Israel in the statement would constitute a 'red line' for Americans.AP and AFP https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-fails-to-condemn-palestinian-deaths-in-west-bank-raids/ US prevents UN condemnation of Israel over West Bank deaths The Times of Israel 23 June 2014 United States said that it was "very concerned" about the well-being of the teens, and that it was working with Israel and the Palestinian Authority to resolve the situation. After the dead bodies of the three teenagers were found, the US Secretary of State John Kerry made a statement saying "the news of the murder of these three Israeli teenagers—Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach—is simply devastating. We all had so much hope that this story would not end this way." President of the United States Barack Obama responded to the deaths by sending his condolences to the families of the teenagers and condemning the "senseless act of terror against innocent youth."https://www.jpost.com/National-News/LIVE-BLOG-The-search-for-the-kidnapped-teens-359360 LIVE BLOG: Search for Israeli teens ends in tragedy The Jerusalem Post 1 July 2014 Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird expressed deep concern over the event and urged Palestinian security authorities, "who have been trained through Canadian and US leadership," to make every effort to ensure the safe return of the children to their families.https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-canada-and-spain-express-concern-over-kidnapping/ US, Canada and Spain express concern over kidnapping The Times of Israel 15 June 2014 United Kingdom After the dead bodies of the three teenagers were found, Prime Minister David Cameron described their deaths as an "appalling and inexcusable act of terror."http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-06-30/pm-deaths-of-israeli-teenagers-an-appalling-act-of-terror/ PM: Deaths of Israeli teens an appalling act of terror ITV.com 1 July 2014 France President François Hollande released a statement saying he was "shocked,” "strongly condemn[ed] the cowardly murder[s]," and "extend[ed] his sincere condolences to their families and to the Israeli people and authorities."http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Francois-Hollande-condemns-murder François Hollande condemns murder of three young Israelis Ambafrance-UK Paris 2 July 2014 2 July 2014 12 January 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150112072246/http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/Francois-Hollande-condemns-murder dead He attended that he "express[ed] his concern in the face of the increased violence in the West Bank and Gaza," "condemn[ed] the rocket fire from Gaza into Israeli territory," and "call[ed] for everything to be done to prevent any further casualties and the risk of an escalation of violence." Spain condemned the kidnapping, along with Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel, and called for restraint. Netherlands After the dead bodies of the three teenagers were found, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans issued a statement saying that the Dutch government heard the news of the murder "with profound sadness and horror. These boys were in the prime of their lives and have been the victim of a horrific crime. The government of the Netherlands hopes that their killers will be apprehended soon and brought to justice." European Union's ambassador to Israel tweeted that he was "deeply concerned" about the events and was hoping for the safe return of the teens. Catherine Ashton's office condemned the kidnapping after five days, in the wake of Israeli official expressions of disappointment.Herb Keinon https://www.jpost.com/Pillar-of-Defense/After-five-days-EU-condemns-kidnapping-of-Israeli-teens-359616 After five days, EU condemns kidnapping of Israeli teens The Jerusalem Post 17 June 2014 On 28 June the EU reiterated its call for the safe return of the youths. It regretted the increasing violence, particularly the killing of several Palestinians, and called on Israel to only use proportionate means in its search. It praised the Palestinian security services for their help in searching for the abductees, and condemned Hamas for praising the kidnapping.https://www.timesofisrael.com/eu-urges-israeli-restraint-in-search-for-abductees/ EU urges Israeli restraint in search for abductees The Times of Israel 29 June 2014 After the dead bodies of the three teenagers were found, the EU's ambassador to Israel, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, tweeted that he sent condolences to the Israeli government on the "despicable" murders, "with hope that perpetrators are soon arrested." Egypt's foreign ministry released a statement asking Israel to stop what it called "its collective punishment of the Palestinian people," after it bombed dozens of sites in the Gaza Strip a day after the bodies of three missing Israeli teenagers were found. Egypt urged the Israeli forces to practice restraint and allow the Palestinian authorities to take on its responsibility in tracking the culprits, it also renewed its condemnation for all forms of violence that cause the death of civilians on both sides.Herb Keinon http://en.aswatmasriya.com/news/view.aspx?id=90f82c4f-be03-4d87-80f4-937588c3fed4 Egypt urges Israel to stop collective punishment of Palestinians Aswat Masriya 1 June 2014 Colombia's Foreign Ministry released a statement condemning the assassination of the 3 teenagers that had previously been kidnapped on 12 June while on the same statement declaring the murder as an act of terrorism. Colombia expressed its condolences to the families of the victims and called to "reflect, and ponder on this difficult moments, in accordance to international rights."http://www.cancilleria.gov.co/newsroom/publiques/2014-07-01/9500 Cancillería expresa enérgica condena por el asesinato de los tres jóvenes israelíes es cancilleria.gov.co 1 July 2014 11 July 2014 Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan wrote to Netanyahu: .".. I assure you that we are in solidarity with you, as we believe that any act of terrorism against any nation or group is an act against our common humanity. We unequivocally condemn this dastardly act, and demand that the children are released unconditionally by their abductors."Lidman Melanie https://www.timesofisrael.com/nigerian-leader-decries-dastardly-kidnapping-of-teens/ Nigerian leader decries 'dastardly' kidnapping of teens The Times of Israel 12 May 2014 30 June 2014 Holy See The Vatican condemned the killing of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank as a "hideous and unacceptable crime" and an obstacle to peace, calling the news of the deaths "terrible and dramatic."https://www.reuters.com/article/us-palestinians-vatican-idUSKBN0F52FU20140630 Vatican calls Israeli teenagers deaths hideous, threat to peace Reuters 30 June 2014 Quartet envoy Tony Blair posted a tweet saying that the abduction and killing of "these three young people was a heinous and wicked thing to do." Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said that Germany, France, Britain, Belgium, Bulgaria and Norway all condemned the kidnapping of three Israelis in phone conversations with him. See also Israel Palestine 2014 in Israel 2014 in the Palestinian territories Death and ransoming of Oron Shaul Killing of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon (Hamas, 1989) Kidnapping and murder of Nissim Toledano (Hamas, 1992) Kidnapping and murder of Yaron Chen (Hamas, 1993) Kidnapping and murder of Nachshon Wachsman (Hamas, 1994) References External links West Bank kidnapping at Haaretz Memorial project by Yeshivat Mekor Chaim Category:2010s missing person cases Category:2014 in Israel Category:2014 Gaza War Category:2014 murders in Asia Category:Child murder in Palestine Category:Deaths by firearm in the West Bank Category:Formerly missing Israeli people Category:Hamas attacks Category:Israeli people taken hostage Category:June 2014 crimes in Asia Category:Kidnapping in Palestine Category:Kidnapping in the 2010s Category:Missing person cases in Israel Category:Terrorism deaths in the West Bank Category:Terrorist incidents in the West Bank in 2014 Category:2010s murders in Palestine Category:Israeli children killed in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict