the day of the time they were kidnapped and the time their bodies were found. now, there was this massive certain going on in the west bank. thousands of israeli soldiers combing the hills, the caves around hebron, it was the largest israeli military operation in the west bank since 2002, and what we understand is that a sandal of one of the teenagers was found, and then some sunglasses that the police took back to the optician, confirmed one of the boys bought the sunglasses, they were found in the area, that led to the discovery of the bodies. all indications are they were shot shortly after they were kidnapped on the 12th of june. carol? is hamas to blame or is it this small group that s now claiming responsibility? reporter: welle this group the so-called supporters of the islamic state, is a group nobody has ever heard of before, so not
too many people are taking that claim very seriously. the link, according to israeli officials, and i sfoek with tpo israeli prime minister prime minister benjamin netanyahu about it a day before yesterday. the link is the two missing wme from hebron who have been missing since the day of the d kidnappi kidnapping. they have links to hamas and that is why the israeli officials are pointing the fingers at hamas. there is not unanimity among israeli security officials as to whether this was an ad hoc kidnapping and murder by two people who happened to have connections with hamas or whether this was something that was directed from the highest levels of the military wing of hamas. so that s not all together clear at this point. ben weedman reporting live from hebron this morning. here at home, from bad to
they perpetrated this crime, members of hamas perpetrated this crime, the kidnapping and execution of three teenaged boys. it s important for israel to send a message to hamas that this is completely unacceptable and we won t tolerate it. senior international correspondent ben weedman is in hebron this morning. how did the teenagers die? reporter: from what we understand is shortly after they were kidnapped at around 10:30 in the evening on thursday the 12th of june, all indications are they were killed very soon thereafter. one of the teenagers was able to make a phone call, very quickly, saying i ve been kidnapped and that was the last time anyone heard from them. weed when their bodies were discovered under a pile of rocks on the hill behind me that it appeared that they had been dead for quite some time, that the poddies had already decomposed somewhat. in fact, it was 18 days between
funeral of the three teenagers found killed in the west bank. prime minister benjamin netanyahu calls the people who killed these teen agers animals and they will pay. they destroyed the homes of two suspected kidnappers overnight, also members of amass. hamas says the war on gaza will open the gates of hell. there s just one problem, hamas is denying any role in the teenagers deaths while a little known group is claiming responsibility. but the israeli ambassador to the united states is not buying it. we know who perpetrated this action were members of hamas in the hebron area. we know who did these crimes and the prime minister was very clear who did it and they will have to pay a price for this. it s important to send a message to hamas, it s a terror organization. they fire thousands of rockets at our cities. they dispatch scores of suicide bombers to blow up our buses and pizza parlors and cafes, and