More: Bodies of Three Kidnapped Teens Found

Israeli searchers on Monday discovered the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, who were kidnapped on June 12, north of Hebron in the West Bank.

The bodies were found in an area between Halhul and Karmei Tzur on Monday afternoon. Israeli security forces, which had been conducting extensive searches in the area, sealed off the area and declared it a closed military zone.

A search team lead by Yaron Rosenthal, the head of the Kfar Etzion field school, along with IDF soldiers from an elite unit, found the teens.

Naftali Fraenkel, 16, Gil-ad Shaar, 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, were kidnapped on the night of June 12 at a hitchhiking post outside the settlement of Alon Shvut in the Etzion Bloc south of Jerusalem.

Since the start of Operation Brother’s Keeper to find them, 18 days of searches had seen the arrests of over 400 Palestinians, a majority of them members of Hamas.

The bodies were found at about 5pm, partially hidden in an open field.

Read more: Bodies of three kidnapped teens found | The Times of Israel http://www.timesofisrael.com/bodies-of-three-kidnapped-teens-found/#ixzz3699jOqyE

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