Israel fears kidnappers fled Hebron after teens' bodies found

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Security forces believe Gil-Ad, Naftali and Eyal were shot dead soon after getting into abductors' car as part of premeditated plan.

Security forces feared on Tuesday that now that the bodies of the three slain Israeli teens have been located, the kidnappers will change their location and try to escape north - outside of the Hebron area, where the IDF and Shin Bet have been focusing their search for both the teens and the abductors.

For the first time since the teens had been kidnapped, the IDF hermetically sealed all entrances and exits to most villages north of Hebron. Security forces were also preparing for the possibility of clashes with Palestinians, who have been barred from driving on Highways 60 and 35, and therefore cannot move from one city to another in the west Bank.

The IDF said the arrests of hundreds of Hamas operatives were expected to help gather intelligence that would lead to more of the organization's cells.

"The goal is to find the kidnappers, and this is where the army and Shin Bet will focus most of their efforts now. We won't stop until we capture the kidnappers," a military source said.

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