Kidnapping in israel

941 days missing: Haymanot Kasau’s family rallies in Jerusalem to demand Shin Bet investigation

The protest follows the Jerusalem Municipality's refusal to permit the abducted girl's family to erect a protest tent.

Demonstrators at the rally for Haymanot Kasau, September 23, 2026.
Rescue teams searching for 9-year-old Haymanut Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, February 28, 2024.

Students encouraged to bring red balloons to first day of school for missing child Haymanot Kasau

Protesters block roads in Tel Aviv demanding further government action into the disappearance of four-year-old Haymanut Kasau, July 26, 2026.

Haymanot's parents ask Shin Bet chief to take over investigation 911 days after disappearance

Israel police conducting an operation, July 13, 2026.

Israel Police search Jerusalem for mother suspected of abducting her two children


Father of missing 9-year-old girl requests she be registered 'abducted,' a year after disappearance

MKs from across the political spectrum weighed in to support the call despite Police claims to have exhausted all possibilities.

 Tesfaye Kasau, father of Haymanot, at a National Security Committee meeting exactly one year after his daughter's disappearance, February 25, 2025.

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We have the power to continue their legacy by remembering every name, by dancing for them, and by sharing their light. Because if we don’t – who else will?

Friends and family members of October 7 victims grieve over loved ones' deaths at the site of the Nova music festival a year after the Hamas massacre.

Madeleine McCann case development: Main suspect accused of having a 'rape dungeon'

A former friend of main suspect Christian Brueckner, Manfred Seyferth, recounted seeing a video in which Brueckner assaulted the three-year-old girl.


Smuggler kidnaps, imprisons Sri Lankan woman in apartment outside Jerusalem

The mother had called the police the day prior and explained that her daughter had been kidnapped by a man whom she knew.

 Israeli police guard while Palestinians perform Friday prayers in the East Jerusalem  Neighborhood of Ras Al Amud, January 19, 2024.

Families of Gaza captives vow to not return home until hostages do

Families set up camp near the Kirya in the center of Tel Aviv, pleading for safe return of their loved ones.

 Thousands gather as families of hostages vow to not return home until their loved ones are freed.

Hamas claims Israel declined to receive two hostages it intended to release

210 hostages remain in Gaza after being kidnapped from Israeli territory on October 7.

 Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza, protest outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv.

WATCH: Man arrested after Facebook post praising Hamas kidnappers

The man had been reported after posting photos of children being kidnapped by the terrorist organization and praising the attackers.

 Israel Police officer in a police car

Israeli cyber experts start 'war room' to track missing after Hamas attack

Volunteers have created a makeshift command center where they use artificial intelligence and facial and voice recognition to help locate those unaccounted for

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

Families of hostages taken to Gaza plead for their return to Israel

The families of hostages taken by Hamas pleaded with the Israeli government to secure their immediate release.

 Families of people who are missing or were abducted from Israel by Hamas hold a press conference asking for a humanitarian corridor for the transfer of medicine and humanitarian aid for hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 14, 2023.

Hamas claims to have released female hostage, two kids

Avital Aladgem, who was released along with the children, but is not their mother, spoke to N12 after her release with 4-year-old Negev and 6-month-old Ashel.

 A woman held hostage in Gaza was released with two children, Hamas said, per an Al Jazeera live stream.