Palestine- Netanyahu blames Hamas for three settlers' killing

(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday held Hamas responsible for the killing of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, saying the Palestinian movement would "pay high price." Hamas is responsible for the attack on the three Jewish settlers and "will pay high price," Netanyahu was quoted by Israel media as saying while chairing a mini-cabinet meetin



No Palestinian faction claimed responsibility for the killing of Eyal Yifrach, 19, Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Gil'ad Shaer, 16, who were found in an open area in Halhul, north of Al-Khalil in the West Ban



Israeli President Shimon Peres called for punishing those behind the killing of the three settlers with "an iron fist." Israeli soldiers and settlers attacked some areas in Al-Khalil causing serious injuries to one Palestinian