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operatives from the southern West Bank city of Hebron are believed to be responsible for the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens who went missing two weeks ago, the Israeli Shin Bet Security Agency revealed on Thursday.
In a statement, the agency said that Marwan Al-Quasma and Amar Abu Aisha, two central Hamas operatives who used to be imprisoned by Israel in the past, are the main suspects behind the abduction. Following the news of the kidnapping, Palestinian security forces delivered the names of the two to their Israeli counterparts, after their families reported that they did not return home two weeks ago.
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A family member of Amar Abu Aisha told Walla that Israeli security forces had arrived at their house in Hebron and taken family members for questioning regarding Amar's possible whereabouts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Shin Bet's announcement shows that Hamas is behind the attack.
"We said that those who committed this crime were Hamas militants and today the Shin Bet published the names of two members of this group, Hamas men," Netanyahu said at a military ceremony at the southern Negev desert.
"I expect (Palestinian President Mahmoud) Abbas, who said important things in Saudi Arabia, to stand by his words and dissolve his agreement with the terrorist organization that kidnaps teens and calls for the destruction of Israel," the prime minister added.