Missing Soldiers

Ron Arad remains talks spark skepticism, ex Mossad official says negotiations could help search

Ronen Meir, who graduated with Arad from the flight course during their time in the IDF, said that the friends of the missing navigator are "saturated with attempts and disappointments."

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Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad in captivity after his jet went down in Lebanon in 1986
IDF Private Dov Permat who was killed in battle in the Malkiya area in 1948

IDF recovers remains of soldier killed in War of Independence after 78 years

The remains of Pvt. Dov Permat, an Israeli soldier killed in 1948, have been found nearly 78 years later, bringing closure to his family and honoring his sacrifice.

|BySHOSHANA BAKER
President Isaac Herzog hosts bereaved families in the President's Residence, Jerusalem, February 15, 2026; illustrative.

Herzog vows Israel will never stop searching for Ron Arad at missing soldiers memorial

Speaking at the ceremony, Herzog quoted Russian-Israeli poet Nathan Alterman’s “The Third,” an emotional poem about a mother whose son’s body was lost.

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Guy Hever

Five arrested, later released in renewed probe into long-missing soldier Guy Hever

The police received new information, according to which there was suspicion that some of the detainees were involved or had knowledge of details related to Hever's disappearance.

|ByELI ASHKENAZI

Home at last: Two sons, two soldiers, one homeland - opinion

The very different circumstances under which two Israeli soldiers were returned puts things in perspective and echoes Jewish values.

MAY 17, 2025ByMOSHE TARAGIN
ANAT COHEN, sister of Sgt. First Class Zvi Feldman – whose body was recovered during a special operation in Syria after being missing for 43 years – speaks to the media outside her Tel Aviv home, May 11.

Israel initiates talks with Syrian citizens to locate burial site of Eli Cohen - report

Syria refused to return Cohen's body to his family in Israel, and his body was allegedly buried multiple times to prevent Israel from finding and returning his remains. 

DECEMBER 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Eli Cohen.

Five US Marines missing after helicopter found near San Diego

The aircraft was coordinating a search and rescue effort before going missing.

FEBRUARY 7, 2024ByREUTERS
IDF troops drill alongside US Marines as part of Juniper Cobra 2018​

New Jersey natives believed to be held as hostages in Gaza

National security adviser Jake Sullivan told media that 20 or more Americans are still yet to be accounted for.

OCTOBER 21, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A girl records video of flyers in Times Square, of Israeli people reported missing as the city reacts to the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in New York City, US, October 12, 2023.

Israel at war: One brother married, the other missing - interview

‘It is possible to experience genuine happiness amidst pain’

OCTOBER 18, 2023ByZVIKA KLEIN
Rabbi Doron Perez tells 'Post' of the joys of one son's wedding, while another son is MIA

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.

OCTOBER 15, 2023ByBROOKE SARAH BORDEN
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.

Israel asks civilians for help in identifying missing persons

According to an unofficial report, approximately 750 Israelis are currently missing.

OCTOBER 8, 2023ByJOANIE MARGULIES, SAM HALPERN
Hundreds in line at the Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv to donate blood, with more than 300 injuries as dozens of terrorists infiltrate southern Israel and more than a thousand rockets were fired by Gaza militants into Israel. October 7, 2023.

Russia excavates Syrian cemetery, searching for missing IDF soldiers

If the reports are accurate, it may mean that the bodies of Israeli soldiers Tzvi Feldman and Yehuda Katz will finally be returned to Israel after nearly 40 years.

FEBRUARY 8, 2021ByTOBIAS SIEGAL
Soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad forces are deployed at al-Qadam area near Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria April 29, 2018.

Senators urge Biden to restore POW-MIA flag atop White House

The POW-MIA flag was relocated by Trump in 2020 from a prominent position atop the White House to a spot on the South Lawn.

JANUARY 23, 2021ByREUTERS
The South Lawn of the White House

Body of missing IDF soldier found

Sgt. Adiel Fischler had been missing since Thursday evening

JUNE 21, 2020ByANNA AHRONHEIM, ALEX WINSTON
Sergeant Adiel Fishler, reported missing on Friday, June 19, 2020