(16 Jun 2014) A funeral was held in a northern West Bank refugee camp on Monday for a 20-year-old Palestinian man who was killed by army fire in a clash between Palestinian stone throwers and Israeli soldiers.
Meanwhile, the aunt of one of the three missing Israeli teenagers said she believed Israeli authorities were doing their "utmost" to find the teenagers who Israel says were kidnapped by the Islamic militant group Hamas.
"We are optimistic," said Ittael Fraenkel, Naftali Fraenkel's aunt. "We really hope to see him home soon."
Naftali, an Israeli-American teen, is believed to have been abducted in the West Bank late on Thursday with two other teens, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, as they were hitchhiking home from a school.
Since then, Israel has been on a furious search for the boys, arresting dozens of members of the militant group Hamas, which Israel's prime minister says is behind the kidnapping. The teens have not been heard from.
Fraenkel's grandparents moved to Israel from the Flatbush neighbourhood of Brooklyn in 1956. Although Fraenkel, 16, was born and raised in Israel, he paid brief visits to the US while growing up.
"He is a kid full of happiness and smiles," added Ittael. "We really, really want to see him home fast."
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