one of them, 16-year-old naftali frenkel was a dual u.s. citizen whose mother made a plea for their return. >> we love you. we miss you. please be strong. hold on, be strong. we love you want to hug you again. >> reporter: the disappearance sparks one of the biggest security crackdowns in a decade as israeli forces went house to house in areas and hebron and arrested more than 400. that led to clashes with palestinians when left five dead. israeli officials blame hamas, the militant group that controls the gaza strip and named two of its members as suspects. hamas has never claimed responsibility, but it does praise the abductions as a heroic act. the theory is this will lead inevitably to more bloodletting. israel now looks to launch a large-scale attack on the gaza strip. but a spokesman for hamas warned if israel attacks gaza it will open the gates of hell on itself. holly williams, cbs news, istanbul. >>> the united nations says more than 2400 people were killed in iraq last month. more than any other month this year. president obama is

israeli american naftali frenkel was buried tuesday, along with the two other murdered jewish teens. a painful reminder that what happens here in the holy land is felt back in the american homeland. tonight, the israeli justice ministry says it's launching an investigation, but palestinian human rights activists say acts of brutality against palestinians by security forces are rarely punished. now, this evening, the boy's mother has yet to speak to him. he is expected to appear in an israeli court tomorrow in front of a judge. lester? >> ayman mohyeldin, thank you. >>> the leader of a powerful militant group bent on seizing control of iraq is stepping out of the shadows. in a newly released video, he calls on followers to join in his crusade, while iraqi officials question the tape's authenticity. those in baghdad fear the eerie calm they're living in may soon be coming to an end. nbc's keir simmons has that report tonight. >> reporter: he's a mortal enemy of america, rarely seen in public. but his followers claim this is the first video of abu bakr al baghdadi. preaching just yester

. >> reporter: the israeli-american among the abducted, naftali frenkel, had moved to israel from brooklyn with his family. he was 16 years old. reena and tahman? >> susan saulny, live in washington. thank you. >>> the blitz by sunni insurgents in iraq is prompting more security precautions by the u.s. in baghdad. another 300 troops have been sent to provide additional security at the u.s. embassy and elsewhere in iraq. the state department says it's moving a small number of embassy staffers to u.s. consulates. the u.n. says more than 2,400 people were killed in iraq in june, the highest monthly toll this year. >>> there is lots of new reaction this morning to the supreme court's decision on birth control. in a 5-4 vote, the justices ruled some companies are exempt from the requirement in the new health care law that they provide birth control coverage for women. religious groups are calling it a major victory. but the white house says it creates health risks for women and that congress should take action to make sure they get coverage. >>> president obama says he is going to side-step con

one of them naftali frenkel was a dual u.s. citizen whose mother made a plea for their return. i frenkel was a dual u.s. citizen whose mother made a plea for their return. >> we love you, we miss you, please be strong, hold on, be strong. we love you, we want to hug you again. >> reporter: the disappearance sparked one of the biggest security crackdowns in a decade as israeli forces went house-to- house in areas around hebron, and arrested more than 400. that lead to clashes with palestinians which left five dead. israeli officials blame hamas, the militant group that controls the gaza strip and named two of its members as suspects. hamas has never claimed responsibility but it did praise the abductions as a heroic act. >> pelley: and holly williams is joining us now from istanbul, holly what happens next? >> reporter: well, scott, the fear is that this will lead inevitably to more bloodletting. israel now looks poised to launch a large scale attack on its gaza strip, the prime minister netanyahu held a meeting of his security cabinet tonight and said hamas is responsible and h

that simmering hatred burst into flame last month when three innocent teenagers: naftali frenkel, eyal yifrah and gil-ad shaer, were kidnapped and murdered by hamas agents. in a stark reminder of how intertwined our nations are, naftali was a dual citizen. this was a vicious attack against innocent jews regardless of their nationality and americans as well as israelis were considered legitimate targets. there is a temptation to refer to the murder of three teenagers as a senseless tragedy that should be handled by law enforcement. but this attack was nothing of the sort. it was a terrorist atrocity coldly plotted and executed by vicious killers whose only motivation was to murder teenage jews regardless of their citizenship and whose larger mission is the annihilation first of israel and then of the united states. it was, therefore, my privilege last week to file senate bill 2577, a bill that would direct the secretary of the to offer a reward of up to $5 million for the capture or killing of naftali's killers and by extension those of eyal and gil-ad as well. no one expects israel to

these three young men were buried side-by-side and one of these boys was naftali frenkel. he was only 16 years old. his cousin manny is joining me live from washington. i'm so sorry for the loss in your family. >> thank you, brooke. it's good to be here. >> i understand that you took a year off school between college and law school to study in israel. >> exactly. >> and you spent time with your cousin naftali who was 13 at the time. how close did you two become? >> i had the chance to spend time with naftali, who lived with my grandmother's sister. it was really great meeting him. he was such a great kid. i'm still getting used to saying was. saying was instead of is. it's difficult. but he was always just full of joy and full of positive tea. >> you say he's an older brother. he's one of seven siblings, raised in israel. much of his family, though, does live here in the u.s. and i'm cow curious, other than being the good big brother, what was he like? >> like i said, always filled with joy and filled with positivity. i remember my one strongest memory with him was this on

bank searching high and low for three men suspected of killing gilad shaar, eial yifrach and naftali frenkelswift israeli response following yesterday's grisly discovery. the bodies of three teenagers removed from a pile of rockets in an open field. it was exactly the news their families feared most. ♪ after weeks of operation for their safe return israelised to hold vigils in mourning, after hearing those prayers had not been answered. at an emergency cabinet meeting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said hamas is responsible and hamas will pay. though the group has distanced themselves from the kills, he warns of the fur violence. if israel uses aggression and escalation, he said they will pay a price. palestinians have already paid a price. in the last two weeks, israelis have conducted a massive security operation, arresting hundreds and killing at least six. and that crackdown is set to continue, even as the israelis bury their dead. now, prime minister netanyahu said he intends to attend the funeral today of three boys before later reconvening his cabinet, charlie. >> alex than

me also speak to the resolution condemning the callous murder of use, whether it is boys named naftali frenkel, gilad shaar, eyal yifrach or poisonings turned a bit the murder of mohammad, israel story quickly condemned the murder of the young man, arrested and are prosecuting the perpetrators. as i stood before, to murderers believed to have killed the three young israelis remain at large and too many people are unwilling to condemn the murder of mohammed abud khdeir. we stand together in support of the families here we stand, i stand in sport is a fight to defend herself and i'm proud to stand in support both of these resolutions. i yield back. >> thank you very much, mr. schneider. mr. chabot of ohio is recognized. >> thank you, madam chairman. i want to express my support for both resolutions being considered this morning, h. res 665 condemning the murder of israeli and palestinian children, and the ongoing and escalate violence in the country, and h. con. res. 107 denouncing the use of civilians as human shields by hamas and other terrorist organizations in violation of international huma

and i were in israel tonight the world wants the tragic fate of the three is really teenagers, naftali frenkel, gilad shaar and eyal yifrach. we mourn with others at the joint feel. we were there just days later when 16 year old mohammed abud khdeir was brutally and tragically murdered. in the wake of these heartbreaking deaths, violence escalateescalated as hamas begin industry by launching rockets in southern israel and central israel, tel aviv and jerusalem. thanks to the iron dome missile defense system, hundreds of thousands of israeli lives have been saved. israel has the right to defend her people against these attacks, and she can't be criticized for making the investments in the iron dome to save her citizens while hamas continues to invest in rockets aimed at killing israeli citizens. in the weeks since the start of the operation protected is, israel has uncovered and was plots by hamas to infiltrate israel via terror tunnels and to launch attacks on israeli civilians. i ask you to imagine what you want your country to do if rockets rained down on your hometown. if tunnels were built