Naftali Fraenkel
On this day: Bodies of Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrah found in West Bank
The murder of the three teenagers led to the IDF’s invasion of Gaza the next week, launching the 2014 Gaza War, also known as Operation Protective Edge.
Significant award inspired by tragedy: Herzog presents Jerusalem Unity Prize 2026
Hamas ordered by court to pay NIS 38 million to victims of terrorism
Families of three murdered teenagers sue Hamas for over NIS 500m.
New trailer for HBO's Our Boys, about 3 boys kidnapped before Gaza Operation
The trailer opens with the nerve-wracking phone call to the police by Gilad Shaer as he and his friends, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Yifrah, were held in the back of a car.
5 years later Naftali Fraenkel's mother looks back
For those who only knew Fraenkel as one of the mothers of the murdered teens, whose kidnapping led to a massive manhunt , she was the pious face of the “Bring Our Boys Home” campaign.
Hamas names 2014 kidnapping mastermind as new deputy political chief
The move is seen as toughening the Islamist movement’s posture in advance of reconciliation talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement.
Narrative Means Strife, Truth Brings Peace
‘Our boys’
A look back a year after the kidnapping of the three yeshiva students, uniting the nation in grief.