WATCH: Soldiers attack hideout of teens’ alleged killers

Footage shows raid that resulted in the deaths of the two Hamas men in Hebron

Video footage posted online showed part of an IDF and police operation in Hebron on Tuesday that resulted in the deaths of Marwan Kawasme and Amer Abu Aysha, the two main Palestinian suspects in the killing of three Israeli teens earlier in the summer.

The grainy black-and-white video, released by the Israeli Police spokesman’s office and clocking in at a little over a minute, appears to have been shot by a small camera. The footage shows a group of operatives climbing several floors up stairs inside what looks to be an apartment building, before alighting on a balcony overlooking a mosque and other buildings on the other side of a street.

A close-up is then shown, from the balcony, of the soldiers opening fire with machine guns, targeting a building on the opposite side of the street.

The operation was carried out at around 3 a.m. by the Shin Bet along with IDF soldiers and troops from the Yamam police anti-terror unit, after the security establishment received information on the whereabouts of the two suspects from Hamas members arrested earlier, a Shin Bet statement said.

The forces descended on the house where the suspects were believed to be hiding and began firing heavily. Both were killed after refusing to surrender, and Hamas confirmed the deaths.

The two, both of whom belonged to families with deep ties to Hamas, were responsible for the abduction and killing of Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Gil-ad Shaar, 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, on June 12, according to Israel. The three yeshiva students were nabbed while waiting at a West Bank bus stop and hitchhiking post.

The abduction and killing sparked a summer of rising tensions that climaxed with a 50-day war between Israel and Hamas in and around Gaza.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.

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