Tuesday, July 1 -- Men, women and children from throughout Israel were traveling today to the homes of Eyal Yifrah, 19, from Elad; Gilad Shaar, 16, from Talmon; and Naftali Frenkel, 16, from Nof Ayalon for the traditional levaya (funeral procession), which was scheduled to leave the boys’ homes at 3:30 p.m., and then to the Modiin cemetery where the boys will be laid to rest side-by-side at about 5 p.m. (IDT)
The bodies of three Israeli teenagers who were kidnapped in the West Bank earlier this month were discovered Monday by Israeli forces north of the city of Hebron.
The three students went missing 18 days ago on their way home from their yeshivahs in the West Bank. When the three failed to arrive home or make contact with their families, authorities were notified. Naftali Frenkel is also an American citizen.
The boys’ parents—Ophir and Bat Galim Shaar, Uri and Iris Yifrach, and Avi and Rachel Frenkel—were told of the tragic news soon after the bodies were found by a search team that included IDF soldiers from an elite unit. It was apparent, authorities said, that the teens were killed soon after their abduction and were partially buried in an open field in an area that was difficult to access.