So the IDF caught up to the two people suspected of kidnapping and murdering three Israeli teens this summer. They were hiding out in Hebron and when the house Marwan Kawasme and Amer Abu Aysha were staying in was surrounded, they decided to shoot it out and were killed.
I don't think there was much doubt that they were responsible for the murders of Gil-Ad Shaer,16, Eyal Yifrah, 19, and Naftali Fraenkel, 16. They were also indirectly responsible for kicking off Operation Protective Edge (though they had plenty of help from their Hamas brethren for that). I would have liked to have seen them stand trial, but I have a hard time feeling much pity for them if they were the ones responsible.
Now I wonder how long before streets and buildings in Gaza are named after them?
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