Itongadol.- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mourned the loss of the three Israeli teens Tuesday evening when he spoke at their funeral in Modi\’in saying, "We were charmed by the magic of their smile, their kindness, their joy of youth. Today became a day of national mourning."
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"The moral chasm that separates us from our enemies is deep and wide," said the prime minister. "They revere death and we life. They revere cruelty and we, pity. This is the secret of our strength, it is also the base of our unification."
President Shimon Peres also spoke at the funeral saying, "To all those who wish to vanquish us, I want to say that terror is a boomerang. It\’s targeted against us but hits its instigators. We bow our heads but won\’t lose our soul. I know that security forces will catch the murderers and they will be brought to justice."
Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrach were to be laid to rest side by side in Modi\’in cemetery on Tuesday evening, a day after the bodies of the three teens were found in the West Bank and 19 days after they vanished while hitchihiking near Hebron.
Finance Minister Yair Lapid eulogized Gil-Ad: "We\’re not burying a settler today, we\’re not burying a soldier. We\’re not burying just anyone. We need each other on this day. We need each other, not anger, we don\’t need another divide. We need love, a common language."
Regarding the kidnappers, the finance minister vowed: "We will find them and punish them, the true revenge is the ability to bridge the gaps between us."