Israeli soldiers take part in a search operation in the West Bank village of Awarta on June 26, 2014, as part of the operation to locate the three teenagers the army believes were abducted by Islamist movement Hamas on June 12. Israeli Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas for condemning the alleged kidnapping of three teenagers by Hamas, but criticised his unity pact with the Islamist movement. Netanyahu spoke as Israel began to wind down a huge crackdown on Hamas, having arrested hundreds in an operation to find the youngsters who went missing in the southern West Bank nearly two weeks ago. Photo by Nedal Eshtayah