Standing with the families in Israel whose sons were murdered.
Netanyahu speaks at burial service for three murdered Israeli teens – as it happened
- Joint burial for Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel
- Bodies were found in West Bank
- Dozens of air strikes launched on Gaza Strip
- Israel blames Hamas for killings
- Palestinian killed during arrest raid in West Bank Haroon Siddique in London and Tom McCarthy in New York
- The Guardian
Israel has launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip as the families of the three teenagers found murdered in the West Bank prepare to bury them side-by-side. Here is a summary of the latest developments:
- Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, 16, will be laid to rest together at the Modi'in Cemetery. Shaar's funeral will commence first, at 3pm (1pm UK time), then Yifrah's and Frenkel's at 3.30pm. They will all be buried at the cemetery at 5.30pm.
- Large crowds of Israelis went to the homes of the families in the central Israeli towns of Nof Ayalon and Elad, and the West Bank settlement of Talmon, to pay their respects, while supporters lit memorial candles and prayed.
- Air strikes by Israeli jets and helicopters struck 34 locations in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip that Israel says were associated with Hamas and Islamic Jihad overnight. The Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has vowed the militant Islamist group Hamas, blamed by Israel for the kidnapping, will "pay a heavy price".
- A Palestinian from the militant group Hamas was shot dead when he threw a grenade at forces carrying out an arrest raid in the West Bank, Israel's military said today. Palestinian officials identified him as Yousouf Zagha, 19, and a Palestinian witness claimed Zagha was an innocent bystander.
- Troops set off explosions in the family homes of the alleged abductors late last night, blowing open a doorway in one, an army spokeswoman said. The other property was on fire after the blast. Neighbours said both houses were empty.
- Barack Obama urged "all parties to refrain from steps that could further destabilise the situation". He said:
The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms, this senseless act of terror against innocent youths.
