The gruesome news was circulated with a tweet at the 18,46 Italian time from the Al Arabiya television. The bodies were recognized by the families of the victims.
Just as we write to you, an emergency meeting of the Israeli government is underway to assess the possible response. The state of alert is â € œReady to fightâ € for all the armed forces.
The entire planet is holding its breath for the reaction of Israel that will now be inevitable. The size of this attack could trigger a domino effect on the entire region. But the hunger for revenge is growing in Israel.
They will pay heavily for their death - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Shin Bet a few minutes after hearing the news - they were murdered by wild and cold-blooded beasts. Hamas will pay.
We will hit the terrorists mercilessly, construction minister Uri Ariel added, while the deputy defense minister called for a massive military campaign "to wipe out any Hamas structure from the face of the earth".
18 have been terrible days - President Shimon Peres concluded - now that our wonderful boys have been taken away from us, we will be more determined and determined to find and punish the guilty.
The White House follows with concern the evolution of the story while violent clashes are reported in the area of Halchlul, totally isolated from Israeli troops.
Eyal Yifrah of 19 years and Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frenkel of 16 years, 12 disappeared last June, in Gush Etzion, near Bethlehem, north of Hebron, corpses were found.
The whole world, in the last hours, had gathered around Israel to demand the release of the three young people. Now lifeless bodies will trigger Israel's armed response.
Maybe this was the terrorists' goal, to start a war in the Middle East?
If so, it would only be the prelude to a large-scale conflict. Hamas, which has never confirmed the kidnapping of the three young Israelis, expects a very heavy counterattack in the next few hours.
No one has the courage to name peace negotiations.
Franco Iacch
(photo: IDF)
