Sad day in Israel as Abducted Israeli teens found dead near Hebron

Three Israeli teenagers who were abducted earlier this month in the West Bank have been found dead.

An Israeli military spokesman said their bodies were found in a pit near the town of Halhul, north of Hebron.

Naftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, both aged 16, and 19-year-old Eyal Yifrach were last seen at a junction near Hebron as they hitchhiked home.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas was responsible, a claim the Palestinian militant group has denied.

At the start of a meeting of the Israeli security cabinet, Mr Netanyahu said the three were "kidnapped and murdered in cold blood by animals" and promised: "Hamas will pay".

But Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told the AFP news agency that any action to punish the movement would "open the gates of hell".

I would advise PM Netanyahu to be a little patience. Usually when Hamas makes a killing, they are not shy to take responsibility, so if they are saying they didn’t kill these boys, maybe they didn't.

I can't find the last time Hamas did a killing and denied they didn't do it. So please Oga PM treat this issue with great sensitivity. To open the gates of hell won’t pay Israelis nor the Palestine's or the world for that matter.