By Ben Wedeman and Dana Ford
Tensions between Israel and Hamas ratcheted up Monday after the bodies of three Israeli teenagers, kidnapped this month, were found in the West Bank.
Israel, in no uncertain terms, blames the disappearances and deaths on Hamas.
"Hamas will pay," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri warned against escalation, saying that if Netanyahu "brings a war on Gaza, the gates of hell will open to him."
The three bodies were found northwest of Hebron, according to the Israeli military, which said they were still in the process of being identified.
The three teens -- Eyal Yifrach, 19; Gilad Shaar, 16; and Naftali Frenkel, a 16-year-old dual U.S.-Israeli citizen -- disappeared late June 12 or early June 13 from the Jewish settlement of Gush Etzion in the West Bank, the military said.
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