Is there Evidence Hamas Killed the 3 Israeli Teens ?

[JI7]

i haven't looked much into this. but from the time they were missing Israel went all out in trying to find out what happened in questioning the palestinians in the area .

did they ever find any evidence of who might have done it ? Hamas is a good guess but after looking for anything and not finding anything isn't it possible that it was some lone individual or individuals rather than something carried out by the organization ?

because it was 3 teenagers i assume it was more than one person involved. but is this something they often do ? aren't most of their attacks done in a way where they get attention for it because they want to promote some cause ?

it's also possible it was done as a way to try to get Israel to attack so they can feel justified in attacking back.

[SummerSnow]

1. When I watched the news today , they said it was alleged that Hamas did it.

But Israel sent some missle and destroyed a house where they say one of the kidnappers were staying.Escalating into a full fledged war.And yes the U.S. says they are fully behind Israel.

[JI7]

2. i think these were in response to the attacks into Israel

[Scurrilous]

3. From I/P:

Accused kidnappers are rogue Hamas branch

http://www.democraticunderground.com/113465666

[JI7]

4. looks like they are trying to get Israel to attack

and want a larger war.

[Scurrilous]

7. Hamas and the PA bury the hatchet and agree to form a coalition government.

The US declares (against Israel's wishes) that they'll deal with the new government, and shortly thereafter the kidnapping happens and now it's 'crush Hamas' time. Something's afoot alright...

[dipsydoodle]

6. European news uses the expression "previously unknown jihadis"

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[Sunlei]

5. They said they were going to hitchhike a ride but I don't know if anyone saw them get into a car.

It was reported one of them made a call to the police soon after they left to hitch a ride, and said they were kidnapped. But one of the parents wasn't told about that call until he went to police station at 3am because his kid didn't make it home.

Where the bodies were found there was a burned out car. Was said the police searched in area of that car and found the bodies there.

To answer your question, other than the report of that "we're kidnapped' phone call..don't think they know who did it.

But how did the authorities know the location of the bodies? They must have got that information from someone.

[JI7]

8. i don't think the bodies were that far from where they went missing

i think they just found them during a search. and it took a while also .

[Sunlei]

9. They were not far at all and everybody hitches rides there.

I wonder if the reported phone call triggered the fast murder, car burning & burying them.

Perhaps the plan, (if there was a plan) was to kidnap them & hold them for prisoner trades.

Or maybe its some crazy crime by a single individual.

[Sunlei]

10. I heard the phone call one teen made."help we're kidnapped', someone says 'keep your head down'

and the phone goes dead.

I think it was such a short call the police didn't know who/where it came from at that time.

[KinMd]

11. Hamas was angry at at Palestinian Authority for trying to locate the teens