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Jewish extremists admit to killing Palestinian teens
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Three Jewish extremists arrested for the killing of a Palestinian teenager have confessed to the attack,
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Three Jewish extremists arrested for the killing of a Palestinian teenager have confessed to the attack, an Israeli official said Monday, as shock waves from the brutal murder continued to spread.
As police struggled to contain five days of violent clashes in annexed east Jerusalem and in Arab towns across Israel, tensions were further raised by a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, which killed several Palestinian militants.
It was the worst bloodshed since the start of the current round of violence in and around Gaza, raising fears of a fresh confrontation between Israel and Palestinian militants in the coastal enclave.
The latest violence in Gaza began after June 12 as Israel pressed a vast West Bank arrest campaign to find militants behind the kidnap and murder of three Israeli teenagers, whose bodies were found on June 30.
Two days later, a 16-year-old Palestinian from east Jerusalem was kidnapped and killed in a suspected revenge attack, with police arresting six Jewish extremists, three of them minors.
During their investigation, three of the suspects admitted to the murder in which the victim was burned alive, an official close to the investigation told AFP.
"Three out of six suspects in custody have confessed to the murder and burning of Mohammed Abu Khder, and performed a re-enactment of the crime," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The murder has sparked shock and outrage, and no small measure of shame in Israel.
"To take a young boy, to kill him, to burn him - what for?" asked outgoing President Shimon Peres.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Peres called the teenager's father to convey condolences and express outrage over the murder.
"I am ashamed on behalf of my nation and grieve with you," Peres said, according to a statement, with Netanyahu condemning the murder as "abhorrent."
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