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Pelosi Statement on the Deaths of Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach and Gilad Shaar

June 30, 2014

Contact: Drew Hammill, 202-226-7616

San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement after it was announced that Israeli searchers have found bodies believed to be the three Israeli teens abducted more than two weeks ago:

"The discovery of the bodies of Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach, and Gilad Shaar is a heart wrenching end to this search. Their murder is a brutal crime, a nihilist act whose only purpose can be to diminish the prospects of peace.

"We carry their memory in our thoughts and our prayers, and stand in solidarity with the Israeli people's continuing fight against terror. We long for a day when these neighbors may live in security and stability alongside each other.

"We can only hope it is a comfort to their families that so many across the world share in their grief at this most difficult time."

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