Three Israelis confess to burning alive Palestinian teen

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.

The confessions came as violence continued on Israel’s volatile front with the Gaza Strip. Palestinian militants bombarded Israel with some 40 rockets and mortars, drawing Israeli airstrikes in retaliation, and at least eight Palestinian militants were killed.

As Israel pressed ahead with a mobilisation of forces along the Gaza border, the Hamas militant group vowed revenge, saying “the enemy will pay a tremendous price”.