Israel struck back at the Hamas rump in Gaza following the murders of three yeshiva students living in the West Bank. At the time, a number of Kossacks publicly questioned the pretext, accusing the Netanyahu government of put up job. When Israel produced a known Hamas militant and admitted bagman behind the plot, some went so far as to accuse law enforcement of obtaining his confession through torture.
Well, time to scratch another conspiracy theory off the list:
A top Hamas official said members of his militant group kidnapped three Israeli teenagers whose deaths in June provoked a spiral of violence that led to the war in Gaza, the first acknowledgement of the movement's involvement.
