Three Israeli suspects in the killing of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned to death last week confessed to the crime and were re-enacting the incident for authorities, an official said, as the country’s leaders raced to contain a public uproar over the slaying.

Three Israeli suspects over the killing of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned to death last week have confessed, an official said.

Israel has arrested six Jewish suspects over the murder of a Palestinian teenager who was abducted and burned alive last week – a crime that set off a wave of violent protests in Arab sections of the country.

A Palestinian teen was abducted and killed, Palestinians said, accusing Israeli settlers of carrying out a revenge attack for the deaths of three Israeli youths.

An out-of-control wildfire has forced the evacuation of Israel’s Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem.