UPDATED: PALIS KILL KIDNAPPED WEST BANK ISRAELI TEENAGER

The IDF has announced that 18-year old Eliyahu Asheri was murdered immediately after his kidnapping—not in response to the Gaza operation.

Body of kidnapped Israeli settler found: Palestinians (Breitbart)

The body of an Israeli settler kidnapped at the weekend by Palestinian militants was recovered overnight by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian security sources said, without providing further details. On Wednesday, the armed Popular Resistance Committees had displayed a photocopy of the identity papers of the 18-year-old Eliahu Asheri, a settler who was reported missing Sunday from the West Bank, and threatened to kill him unless Israel halted its offensive in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians Murder Kidnapped Israeli Teen

A body found in the West Bank appears to be that of Eliyahu Asheri, 18, an Israeli abducted by Palestinian militants last weekend, Israeli security sources said Thursday. (CNN)

Asheri's body was found buried in a field in the A-Tira neighborhood of Ramallah. Security forces determined that he was shot in the head soon after he was kidnapped on Sunday. Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committees said they executed the teenager. (Ha'aretz)