Hundreds attend candlelit vigil for missing Israeli teens

Niah Anson, left, and Anna Lieberman participate during a prayer vigil at Tivoli Village on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. About 200 people gathered to pray for three Israeli teens who were kidnapped in Israel last Friday. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A candle illuminates a prayer sheet during a candlelight vigil at Tivoli Village on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. About 200 people gathered to pray for three Israeli teens who were kidnapped in Israel last Friday. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A man uses a prayer book during a before the start of a candlelight vigil at Tivoli Village on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. About 200 people gathered to pray for three Israeli teens who were kidnapped in Israel last Friday. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

A ribbon is worn during a candlelight prayer vigil at Tivoli Village on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. About 200 people gathered to pray for three Israeli teens who were kidnapped in Israel last Friday. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Tal Facher, 16, left, helps Carmel Elimelech light her candle during a prayer vigil at Tivoli Village on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. The two along with about 200 people gathered to pray for three Israeli teens who were kidnapped in Israel last Friday. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Jason Funk, recites a prayer during a candlelight vigil at Tivoli Village on Tuesday, June 17, 2014. About 200 people gathered to pray for three Israeli teens who were kidnapped in Israel last Friday. (David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By DAVID BECKER LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

June 17, 2014 - 10:56 pm

About 200 people gathered to pray for three Israeli teens who were kidnapped in Israel last Friday at Tivoli Village at 302 S. Rampart Boulevard Tuesday evening. Those in attendance recited prayers for Gilad Shaar, 16, Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19, during a candlelight vigil. The teenagers disappeared while hitchhiking near the Palestinian city of Hebron.

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