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From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Hamas official in Turkey claims responsibility for killing of 3 teens
Israel’s Channel 2 broadcasts footage of what it says 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 says, adding that some say it was done on behalf of Palestinian inmates hunger striking in Israeli prisons.
Israel quickly accused Hamas of involvement fgollowing the abduction of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Sha’ar and Eyal Yifrach, but the terror group has denied it.
