“A Hamas official has admitted for the first time that members of its militant wing kidnapped and killed three Israeli teenagers in June. This fueled increased tensions with Israel and eventually led to the IDF’s bombardment of Gaza.
Saleh Al-Arouri said the al-Qassam Brigades were responsible, after Hamas’ leader Khaled Meshaal, who is in exile in Qatar, had earlier denied his group was involved. However, Meshaal did praise those who carried out the kidnappings.
The Palestinian militant group that controls Gaza had long been suspected of carrying out the abductions and murders of Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, 16. However, Saleh Al-Arouri, who is a senior official, admitted at a conference in Turkey that the al-Qassam Brigades were responsible for kidnapping them.”* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from RT:
http://rt.com/news/181940-hamas-israel-kidnapping-teenagers/