Three Israelis admit to killing teen

Jerusalem: Three Jewish extremists arrested for the killing of a Palestinian teenager have confessed to the attack, an Israeli official said Monday, as shock waves from the brutal murder continued to spread.

As police struggled to contain five days of violent clashes in annexed east Jerusalem and in Arab towns across Israel, tensions were raised by a series of Israeli air strikes on Gaza, which killed several Palestinian militants.

It was the worst bloodshed in the current round of violence in and around Gaza, raising fears of a fresh confrontation between Israel and Palestinian.

The violence began after June 12 as Israel searched for militants behind the kidnap and murder of three Israeli teenagers.