Netanyahu Accuses Hamas of Abducting Missing Israeli Teens
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Islamist Hamas movement of kidnapping three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank last week, and his defense minister warned that the group’s leaders will “pay dearly.”
Netanyahu leveled the allegation after Israeli security forces arrested about 80 Hamas operatives and officials in the West Bank overnight, according to an army statement. The Israeli leader linked the abduction to Hamas’ entry into the Palestinian government earlier this month.