Israel kidnapping

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

Screenshot of Yeros Kasau during a Maariv interview on the Education on the Agenda podcast.

Sister of missing Haymanut Kasau accuses Shin Bet chief of refusing to act in search


Jewish settler ambushed near Kiryat Arba, forces rescue abducted woman

In a separate incident, a woman in her 20's living in central Israel who had been forcibly taken to Hebron was located and rescued by authorities.

 The Israeli police pointing towards the inside of a car.

Manhunt in Israel after Arabic-speaking man attempts to abduct girl, force her into his car trunk

Witnesses reportedly chased off the suspect, preventing the abduction in the city’s main Sokolov Street.

Israel Police officers seen at the scene of a murder in Abu Snan, Israel, July 29, 2025

Jerusalem Unity Prize awarded in memory of three kidnapped, murdered teens

The three boys, Eyal Yifrach, Gil-ad Shaer, and Naftali Frankel, were hitchhiking and entered a car whose passengers resembled Orthodox Jews. But in fact, they were Palestinian terrorists.

Gilad Shaer, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrah

Haymanot Kasau marks 10th birthday still missing, away from family

Kasau was last seen on February 25, 2024, on the streets of Safed near the immigration absorption center where she lived. All traces of her since have gone cold.

 Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau. The police released the image on February 26, 2024.

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.

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.

Missing Israeli-American sisters found in mother's secret apartment

The mother, who is the main suspect in the case, was arrested at the scene.

 Sarah and Liva, the missing US-Israeli girls

Man who impersonated Mossad agent arrested after kidnapping woman

The kidnapping victim’s husband called his wife, but the kidnapper identified himself as a Mossad agent and told him that he would never see his wife again.

 Illustrative image of an arrest.

83-year-old woman imprisoned in warehouse by caregiver

The shocking incident comes as cases of elder abuse by caregivers rise year over year.

Wheelchair (illustrative)