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Hamas official in Turkey claims responsibility for killing of 3 teens
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael’s Channel 2 broadcast footage late Wednesday of what it said is Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri taking credit for the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens in June.
The recording, apparently made at a conference in Turkey, represents the strongest link yet between the attack and Hamas’s al-Qassam Brigades armed wing.
“I praise the brave action that the al-Qassam Brigades carried out, the kidnapping of the three settlers to Hebron,” he said, adding that some say it was done on behalf of Palestinian inmates hunger striking in Israeli prisons.
Israel quickly accused Hamas of involvement following the abduction of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Sha’ar and Eyal Yifrach, but the terror group denied it.
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