Family and friends of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel , three Israeli teenagers who were abducted over two weeks ago mourn over the grave of Eyal Yifrah during their funeral in Modi'in, Israel, July 1.Ariel Schalit—AP
Israel held funeral services Tuesday for three teenagers found dead in the West Bank on Monday. Tens of thousands came together to mourn the boys, who were the focus of a two-week search.
Israeli leaders have accused Hamas of abducting and killing the three teenagers, Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship.
Blue-and-white Israeli flags covered each of the young men’s bodies. “We are burying a child today, a child who could have been the child of any one of us,” said Yair Lapid, the Israeli Minister of Finance. “Therefore he is indeed the child of each and every one of us.”
The parents of Naftali Frenkel, one of the three Israeli teens found dead, Rachel and Abraham sit in front of their son's body wrapped in an Israeli flag during his funeral service in their town of Nof Ayalon, Israel, July 1.Jim Hollander—EPAMourners, and relatives of Israeli teenager Eyal Ifrach, one of the three students abducted on June 12 and then shot dead, attend his funeral outside his house on July 1, in the city of Elad in central Israel.Jack Guez—AFP/Getty ImagesBat-Galim and Ofir Shaer, parents of Gil-Ad, 16, one of three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, stand next to the Israeli flag-covered body of their son during a memorial service before his funeral, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Talmon July 1.Ronen Zvulun—ReutersIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands next to Avi Fraenkel and Ofir Shaer, fathers of two of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, as they hug during their sons' joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modi'in July 1.Baz Renter—ReutersIsraelis attend the funeral of three Israeli teenagers, Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, in the Israeli town of Modi'in on July 1.Oded Balilty—APIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu eulogizes three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, Gil-Ad Shaer, US-Israeli national Naftali Fraenkel, both 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, during their joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modi'in, July 1.Baz Ratner/EPAAn Israeli boy attends the joint funeral of three Israeli teens, Gil-Ad Shaer, U.S.-Israeli national Naftali Fraenkel, both 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, in the Israeli city of Modi'in July 1.Finbarr O'Reilly—ReutersIsraelis attend the funeral of three Israeli teenagers, Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, in the Israeli town of Modi'in on Tuesday, July 1.Oded Balilty—APFamily and friends of Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shaar, and Naftali Fraenkel , three Israeli teenagers who were abducted over two weeks ago mourn over the grave of Eyal Yifrah during their funeral in Modi'in, Israel, July 1.Ariel Schalit—APA Jewish woman prays during the joint funeral of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, in the Israeli city of Modi'in July 1.Finbarr O'Reilly—Reuters
