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Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on the spot where a young Israeli was stabbed near the Jewish settlement of Migdal Oz on August 8, 2019. MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP

In the West Bank, the excitement is strong after the death of a young soldier in a settlement block in Migdal Oz. This is where the body of the young soldier of 19 was found. Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu visited the site. He mentions a " terrorist act ".

With our special correspondent in Migdal Oz , Marine Vlahovic

Benyamin Netanyahu went to Migdal Oz, promising that the guilty will be captured quickly. It is at the gate of this colony, south of the occupied West Bank that the body of Dvir Zorek , 19, was found this Thursday morning August 8th.

According to the army, when he disappeared, the young soldier did not wear uniforms or weapons. The young man from a colony near Ramallah was part of a special program that combines religious studies and military service.

Israeli media reports a kidnapping attempt that skidded. It is impossible at this stage to determine whether this is the action of a cell or an isolated act, according to the security forces, who are conducting a real manhunt in the surrounding Palestinian villages.

Objective: to seize the videotapes of the video-surveillance cameras to trace the course of the attackers. The attack was hailed by Islamic Jihad and Hamas, but was not formally claimed by these Palestinian factions.