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The Israeli army has found the corpses of three teenagers missing since 12 June in a field west of the West Bank city of Hebron, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet due to meet to weigh a response.
The discovery of the corpses of Naftali Frankel, 16, Gilad Shaer 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, is sure to touch off widespread grief and anger in Israeli society, large swathes of which had virtually adopted them as their own children.
Show all 23 1 /23In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Relatives and friends gather around a grave, as Gilad Shaer, 16, Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Eyal Ifrach, 19, are buried side-by-side in the central Israeli town of Modiin
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Tens of thousands Israelis attend the joint funeral of Gilad Shaer, 16, Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Eyal Ifrach, 19, in the central Israeli town of Modiin
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) eulogizes three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, Gil-Ad Shaer, US-Israeli national Naftali Fraenkel, both 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, during their joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Avi (C) and Rachel (R) Frenkel and their son (L), hold a reading close to the body of their son Naftali Frenkel, 16, (unseen) during his funeral service in the Jewish settlement of Nof Ayalon, in the Israeli occupied West Bank
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel A makeshift memorial site is constructed in memory of the three Israeli teenagers found dead, in Halhul, West Bank
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel A man attends the funeral ceremony held for the three Israeli teenagers found dead in Modiin
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel People attend the funeral of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the West Bank, during their joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel A Jewish woman prays during the joint funeral of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, in the Israeli city of Modiin
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel The parents and other family members of Naftali Frankel, one of the three Israeli teens found dead, attend his funeral service in Nof Ayalon, Israel
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In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Avi and Rachel Fraenkel attend the funeral of their son, Naftali, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, in their town of Nof Ayalon
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In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Parents of Gilad Shaer stand next to their son's body during his funeral ceremony at his hometown Talmon Jewish settlement near the West Bank city of Ramallah
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In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Tens of thousands Israelis attend the joint funeral of Gilad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Ifrach, in the central Israeli town of Modiin
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In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Mourners and relatives of Israeli teenager Eyal Ifrach attend his funeral outside his house, in the city of Elad
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In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Friends and family grieve during the funeral ceremony of Gilad Shaer
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In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Avi and Rachel Fraenkel embrace during the funeral of their son, Naftali, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Nof Ayalon
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel The body of 16-year-old Naftali Frenkel, covered in an Israeli flag, is carried to an ambulance after his funeral service in his hometown in Nof Ayalon
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Ofir, the father of Gilad Shaer, 16, hugs a mourner as they stand in front of his son's body during a funeral service at his hometown, the Talmon Jewish settlement, near the West Bank city of Ramallah
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Friends of 16-year-old Naftali Frenkel, crying at his funeral service in his hometown of Nof Ayalon
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Women cry during the eulogy ceremony for Eyal Yifrach, one of the three Israeli teens found dead, before his funeral at the synagogue in city of Elad
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Mourners, and relatives of Israeli teenager Eyal Ifrach, one of the three students abducted and then shot dead, attend his funeral outside his house, in the city of Elad in central Israel
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Israelis mourns and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Israelis mourns and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found. Israel confirmed finding the bodies of three teenagers who disappeared in the southern West Bank, blaming the Islamist Hamas movement for their kidnapping and murder
In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers Israel Israelis march on the road near where three missing teenagers were abducted, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut
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