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Israel Warns Hamas to Halt Rockets

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More than 150 Gazan rockets have been launched at Israel since the June 12 abduction of three Israeli teens, resulting in damaged property and emotional suffering in Israel's south. In response to the escalation of rockets within a 24-hour period on Wednesday and Thursday, with about 40 rockets launched at southern Israel, 34 successfully reaching Israeli soil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is said to have warned Hamas Thursday night to stop shooting rockets into Israel or face an escalated Israeli attack on Gaza.

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Israel Calls for Restraint as Murder of Palestinian Teen is Investigated

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Israeli authorities are working to cool the red hot climate in Israel following the brutal murders of three Jewish teens, Naftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, both 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, and one Palestinian teen, Muhammad Abu Khdair, 17, whose body was found July 2. Palestinian residents reported seeing Abu Khdair forced into a vehicle outside a supermarket in the Shuafat section of Jerusalem on Wednesday. His body was found just hours after the abduction in the Jerusalem Forest. It was charred and showed signs of violence. Post-mortem reports suggest the lad was burned alive. Just one day before, the Jewish teens had been laid to rest, their deaths bringing the nation to its knees in united grief and mourning. Six Jewish Israelis were arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of Abu Khadair on Sunday.

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Israel Heartbroken as Kidnapped Boys Laid to Rest

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The entire nation of Israel remains brokenhearted and united in grief with the devastated families of the three kidnapped Israeli boys, Naftali Frenkel and Gilad Shaar, both 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, whose bodies were found Monday afternoon. Eighteen days after they were abducted and killed, the teens were discovered at about 5 p.m., bound and partially buried in an open field less than 20 kilometers (12 miles) from where they had been abducted. Israeli security forces had been conducting extensive searches in the area, which had been sealed off and declared a closed military zone. Ahead of a massive, joint funeral for the three murdered youths, Bat-Galim Shaar eulogized her son Gilad on Monday during a ceremony in their hometown of Talmon.

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Mother of Kidnapped Teen Pleads with UN for Help

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On Tuesday, Rachel Frenkel, the mother of Naftali, made a brief impassioned speech at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, Switzerland, imploring the United Nations and the world community to do everything possible to return the kidnapped boys to their families. Emphasizing that having a son taken is every mother’s nightmare, she said, “Twelve days ago, my son Naftali, and two other teenage students, Eyal Yifrah and Gilad Shaer—whose mothers are sitting behind me—were kidnapped on their way home from school. Since then, we’ve heard nothing—no news, no sign of life.”

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Hamas Summer Camp Militarizes Young Palestinians

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While many children in the West are looking forward to summer camp with hours spent playing, creating art, and learning skills such as swimming and canoeing, in the Gaza Strip, children are attending camps designed around robbing them of their childhood innocence. This summer, many of Gaza's children will be participating in about 70 Hamas camp sessions at which they will learn to shoot anti-tank weapons and Kalashnikov rifles, dismantle guns blindfolded and enact kidnappings of Israelis.

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Families of Abducted Teens Call on the World to Help Free Their Boys

On Tuesday, the boys’ families gathered together for mutual support for the first time at the Frenkel home in Nof Ayalon, a city in central Israel near Modiin. Mrs. Frenkel urged everyone to keep praying for the boys’ protection. "We want … to strengthen security forces, who are working day and night, the decision-makers, and the prime minister, who is in contact with us," she said, adding: "We feel deeply embraced by the entire Jewish nation, which accompanies us throughout the day, which gives us so much support."

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Violence Against Jews on the Rise in Jerusalem

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On Friday, a foiled suicide bomb attempt at the Tapuach Junction near the Samarian community of Ariel led to an area-wide manhunt for the terror cell behind the attack. It is believed that at least three other terrorists are involved. There is concern that additional attacks will be attempted since the group is thought to possess additional bomb belts and other weapons. The suspect aroused suspicion because he was wearing an unusually large coat in the heat. He was arrested when he refused to remove it. The arrest took place before any damage could be inflicted.

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Justin Timberlake Defies Boycott to Visit Israel

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Justin Timberlake, who performed in Tel Aviv on Jerusalem Day, managed to raise the ire of his Palestinian fans on Tuesday when he posted a photo of himself at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on social media, which he gave the hashtag #Israel and captioned—“What an experience. I will never forget this day.” Within two hours, the Instagram post had received close to 150,000 likes. The response was not all positive, however. One Instagram user responded, “There was never an Israel, this was always Palestine.”

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