A Palestinian man has been arrested in connection with the kidnap and murder of three Israeli teenagers.

The man was arrested by the army in the West Bank city of Hebron on Sunday, and his family have identified him as Hossam Dufesh, the Associated Press reports, though the army would not elaborate on the arrest.

Dufesh has been arrested in connection with the killing of Eyal Yifrach, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Frenkel, 16, whose bodies were found in a field west of Hebron, buried in a shallow grave and covered by rocks, nearly three weeks after they went missing on 12 June.

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It follows the army concentrating its search for the killers of the Israeli teenagers on the Hebron area, and the Israel Defence Force confirmed to Sky News the arrest has been made in connection with the three deaths.

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In pictures: Israel reacts to deaths of kidnapped teenagers 1/23 Israel Relatives and friends gather around a grave, as Gilad Shaer, 16, Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Eyal Ifrach, 19, are buried side-by-side in the central Israeli town of Modiin 2/23 Israel Tens of thousands Israelis attend the joint funeral of Gilad Shaer, 16, Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Eyal Ifrach, 19, in the central Israeli town of Modiin 3/23 Israel sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) eulogizes three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, Gil-Ad Shaer, US-Israeli national Naftali Fraenkel, both 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, during their joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin 4/23 Israel Avi (C) and Rachel (R) Frenkel and their son (L), hold a reading close to the body of their son Naftali Frenkel, 16, (unseen) during his funeral service in the Jewish settlement of Nof Ayalon, in the Israeli occupied West Bank 5/23 Israel A makeshift memorial site is constructed in memory of the three Israeli teenagers found dead, in Halhul, West Bank 6/23 Israel A man attends the funeral ceremony held for the three Israeli teenagers found dead in Modiin 7/23 Israel People attend the funeral of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the West Bank, during their joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin 8/23 Israel A Jewish woman prays during the joint funeral of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, in the Israeli city of Modiin 9/23 Israel The parents and other family members of Naftali Frankel, one of the three Israeli teens found dead, attend his funeral service in Nof Ayalon, Israel EPA 10/23 Israel Avi and Rachel Fraenkel attend the funeral of their son, Naftali, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, in their town of Nof Ayalon EPA 11/23 Israel Parents of Gilad Shaer stand next to their son's body during his funeral ceremony at his hometown Talmon Jewish settlement near the West Bank city of Ramallah Getty Images 12/23 Israel Tens of thousands Israelis attend the joint funeral of Gilad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Ifrach, in the central Israeli town of Modiin Getty Images 13/23 Israel Mourners and relatives of Israeli teenager Eyal Ifrach attend his funeral outside his house, in the city of Elad Getty Images 14/23 Israel Friends and family grieve during the funeral ceremony of Gilad Shaer Getty Images 15/23 Israel Avi and Rachel Fraenkel embrace during the funeral of their son, Naftali, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Nof Ayalon 16/23 Israel The body of 16-year-old Naftali Frenkel, covered in an Israeli flag, is carried to an ambulance after his funeral service in his hometown in Nof Ayalon 17/23 Israel Ofir, the father of Gilad Shaer, 16, hugs a mourner as they stand in front of his son's body during a funeral service at his hometown, the Talmon Jewish settlement, near the West Bank city of Ramallah 18/23 Israel Friends of 16-year-old Naftali Frenkel, crying at his funeral service in his hometown of Nof Ayalon 19/23 Israel Women cry during the eulogy ceremony for Eyal Yifrach, one of the three Israeli teens found dead, before his funeral at the synagogue in city of Elad 20/23 Israel Mourners, and relatives of Israeli teenager Eyal Ifrach, one of the three students abducted and then shot dead, attend his funeral outside his house, in the city of Elad in central Israel 21/23 Israel Israelis mourns and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found 22/23 Israel Israelis mourns and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found. Israel confirmed finding the bodies of three teenagers who disappeared in the southern West Bank, blaming the Islamist Hamas movement for their kidnapping and murder 23/23 Israel Israelis march on the road near where three missing teenagers were abducted, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut 1/23 Israel Relatives and friends gather around a grave, as Gilad Shaer, 16, Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Eyal Ifrach, 19, are buried side-by-side in the central Israeli town of Modiin 2/23 Israel Tens of thousands Israelis attend the joint funeral of Gilad Shaer, 16, Naftali Frenkel, 16, and Eyal Ifrach, 19, in the central Israeli town of Modiin 3/23 Israel sraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) eulogizes three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, Gil-Ad Shaer, US-Israeli national Naftali Fraenkel, both 16, and Eyal Yifrah, 19, during their joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin 4/23 Israel Avi (C) and Rachel (R) Frenkel and their son (L), hold a reading close to the body of their son Naftali Frenkel, 16, (unseen) during his funeral service in the Jewish settlement of Nof Ayalon, in the Israeli occupied West Bank 5/23 Israel A makeshift memorial site is constructed in memory of the three Israeli teenagers found dead, in Halhul, West Bank 6/23 Israel A man attends the funeral ceremony held for the three Israeli teenagers found dead in Modiin 7/23 Israel People attend the funeral of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the West Bank, during their joint funeral in the Israeli city of Modiin 8/23 Israel A Jewish woman prays during the joint funeral of the three Israeli teens who were abducted and killed in the occupied West Bank, in the Israeli city of Modiin 9/23 Israel The parents and other family members of Naftali Frankel, one of the three Israeli teens found dead, attend his funeral service in Nof Ayalon, Israel EPA 10/23 Israel Avi and Rachel Fraenkel attend the funeral of their son, Naftali, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, in their town of Nof Ayalon EPA 11/23 Israel Parents of Gilad Shaer stand next to their son's body during his funeral ceremony at his hometown Talmon Jewish settlement near the West Bank city of Ramallah Getty Images 12/23 Israel Tens of thousands Israelis attend the joint funeral of Gilad Shaer, Naftali Frenkel and Eyal Ifrach, in the central Israeli town of Modiin Getty Images 13/23 Israel Mourners and relatives of Israeli teenager Eyal Ifrach attend his funeral outside his house, in the city of Elad Getty Images 14/23 Israel Friends and family grieve during the funeral ceremony of Gilad Shaer Getty Images 15/23 Israel Avi and Rachel Fraenkel embrace during the funeral of their son, Naftali, a 16-year-old with dual Israeli-American citizenship, in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Nof Ayalon 16/23 Israel The body of 16-year-old Naftali Frenkel, covered in an Israeli flag, is carried to an ambulance after his funeral service in his hometown in Nof Ayalon 17/23 Israel Ofir, the father of Gilad Shaer, 16, hugs a mourner as they stand in front of his son's body during a funeral service at his hometown, the Talmon Jewish settlement, near the West Bank city of Ramallah 18/23 Israel Friends of 16-year-old Naftali Frenkel, crying at his funeral service in his hometown of Nof Ayalon 19/23 Israel Women cry during the eulogy ceremony for Eyal Yifrach, one of the three Israeli teens found dead, before his funeral at the synagogue in city of Elad 20/23 Israel Mourners, and relatives of Israeli teenager Eyal Ifrach, one of the three students abducted and then shot dead, attend his funeral outside his house, in the city of Elad in central Israel 21/23 Israel Israelis mourns and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found 22/23 Israel Israelis mourns and light candles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv after the announce that the bodies of the three missing Israeli teenagers were found. Israel confirmed finding the bodies of three teenagers who disappeared in the southern West Bank, blaming the Islamist Hamas movement for their kidnapping and murder 23/23 Israel Israelis march on the road near where three missing teenagers were abducted, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Alon Shvut

Israeli leaders have blamed Hamas for the deaths, and vowed to exact a "very heavy price" from the group at the joint funeral held for the teenagers this week.

The bodies of the Israeli teenagers, who were abducted while hitch-hiking in the occupied West Bank, were found days before 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir was abducted and killed on Wednesday. Khdeir's charred body was found dumped in woodland in Jerusalem.

Khdeir’s death, whose initial autopsy shows he was “burned alive”, has been called by many a revenge killing made by Israeli extremists, and sparked violent protests this week.

The Palestinian teenager’s cousin, 15-year-old Tariq Abu Khdeir, an American citizen, was allegedly filmed being brutally beaten by Israeli police at the protests.