{{Israeli police have found a body they believe may be that of a Palestinian teenager kidnapped in East Jerusalem.}}
A boy was seen being forced into a car in Beit Hanina early on Wednesday. Within hours, a body was discovered in a wood in Givat Shaul, to the west.
Israeli police were unable to confirm the motive, but Palestinian sources said it appeared to be a revenge attack for the murder of three Israeli teens.
Later, Palestinians clashed with Israeli police outside the boy’s home.
The protesters threw stones at the officers, who reportedly responded by firing sound bombs and rubber bullets.
The killing comes a day after funerals were held in the West Bank for the three Jewish seminary students whose bodies were found near the city of Hebron on Monday, two-and-a-half weeks after they were abducted.
Thousands of people attended the ceremony in Modein, among them Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres.
Mr Netanyahu has vowed to strike at Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist group he holds responsible for their deaths. It denies any involvement.
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