(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) French President Francois Hollande condemned Monday what he described the "cowardly murder" of three Israeli teenagers whose bodies were found earlier in the West Bank nearly three weeks after they went missin
"President Hollande strongly condemns the cowardly murder of Eyal Yifrach, Naftali Frankel and Gil'ad Shaer and offers his sincere condolences to their families as well as to the Israeli authorities," a French presidential statement sai
Voicing concern at the surge of violence in the Palestinian territories, President Hollande also "condemned the firing of rockets from Gaza into Israel and called for "everything to be done to avoid new victims and the risk of an escalation of violence." The surge in rocket fire coincided with the start of a huge Israeli arrest operation in the West Bank aimed at finding the teens, whose bodies were discovered in a field near Halhu
Earlier, the bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped 18 days ago in the West Bank have been found near Al-Khalil, or Hebro
Also earlier the Israeli security cabinet called an emergency meeting after today's development
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