The three Israeli teenagers who went missing 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, aged 16, and 19-year-old Eyal Yifrach were last seen at a junction near Hebron as they hitchhiked home.Israel had accused Hamas of abducting the three teens, which the Palestinian militant group repeatedly denied. The teenagers’ families have been informed, the military said. More information is expected to be released after an emergency cabinet meeting.