Tens of thousands at joint funeral of murdered Israeli teenagers

News updates from the World Jewish Congress website – 02 July 2014

 

Tens of thousands mourn murdered Israeli teenagers at joint funeral

Naftali Fraenkel, Gilad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach, the three Israeli teenagers found murdered on Monday near Hebron, were interred Tuesday side by side in a cemetery in Modiin, in central Israel.

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