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Kidnapping of Israeli boys 'no joke' for Palestinians

Israel is tightening its grip on the West Bank and intensifying mock air raids over the Gaza Strip, as Palestinians anticipate an Israeli response to the June 12 kidnappings.

Palestinians lean against a car as Israeli soldiers take part in an operation to locate three Israeli teens in the West Bank City of Hebron June 17, 2014. Israel decided on Tuesday to widen a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank after troops detained more than 40 members of the Palestinian Islamist group in sweeps conducted in tandem with a search for the three missing Jewish teenagers. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY) - RTR3UAUQ
Palestinians lean against a car as Israeli soldiers work to locate three Israeli teens in the West Bank City of Hebron, June 17, 2014. — REUTERS/Amir Cohen

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — With every passing hour since the abduction of three teenagers in the West Bank on June 12, questions increase over what Israel will do and whether it will launch a new military offensive against the Palestinians.

Everyone is waiting for any information that might reveal the three kidnapped teenagers' fate, which the Palestinians say Israel is not divulging.

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