Kidnapping in israel

The search for Haymanut Kasau: Why Israel must not forget the missing nine-year-old girl - opinion

Her name, Haymanut, means “faith.” But, dad Tesfai Kasau, 54, told me that at home, they call her “tiger,” because she stands strong for what she believes. She is deeply religious, he says.

Search poster for Haymanut Kasau at the Binyamina train station, 2024.
Kidnapping attempt in Petah Tikva

WATCH: Bystanders rescue 11-year-old girl from kidnapping attempt in central Israel

IDF soldiers participate in an operation to locate missing Israelis in the West Bank, July 2, 2026.

IDF rescues Israeli Breslov hassidim after they flee police into West Bank village

President Isaac Herzog, Yeros, and her father Tesfaye.

Sister of missing Haymanut Kasau honored as family slams police over stalled investigation


United in tragedy and hope

Unity exists in good times and bad, but sometimes it takes crisis and tragedy to reveal the common bonds that exist within our community.

The Fraenkel,Shaer and Yifrach families, with President Reuven Rivlin and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat at the Jerusalem Unity Prize award ceremony

Where is world outrage over Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul?

Holding the bodies of soldiers killed in action and refusing their return to their next of kin for burial is a serious violation of the Geneva Conventions and international humanitarian law.

SOLDIERS STAND next to the grave of their comrade Lieutenant Hadar Goldin during his funeral in Kfar Saba in August 2014

Hamas rejects prisoner swap deal offered by Israel

The unnamed source in the report said that the offer was turned down because it had to be "all or nothing." The source added that Hamas would welcome a deal brokered with Israel as a mediator.

Hamas protest

Mother of kidnapped IDF soldier blames government for failing to bring back bodies of MIA soldiers

Israel's security cabinet meets to discuss efforts to retrieve bodies; ministers to discuss measures meant to put pressure on Hamas.

Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin

This Normal Life: Hitchhiking now and then.

One year after the murders of teenagers Gil-Ad Shaer, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrach at a hitchhiking post in Gush Etzion, the author reflects on the changing norm of hitchhiking.

Hitchbot, the hitchhiking robot, on Highway 17 in Ontario, Canada.

Negev: Kidnappers held man for 230k ransom, threatened to dump him in Egypt

Police are currently looking for two other suspects believed to be connected to the kidnapping.

Bedouin boys walk towards a village in southern Israel's Negev desert

Security Cabinet, Knesset were not informed about Israelis missing in Gaza

Security sources initially kept Mengistu’s disappearance quiet because they feared publicity would raise the number of prisoners Hamas would demand to return him.

Deputy Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi.

Two Israelis who entered Gaza were held by Hamas, Israel reveals after lifting gag order

Status of 29-year-old man from Ashkelon unclear; PM calls on international community to issue clear call for release of Israelis.

Avera Mengistu

‘Our boys’

A look back a year after the kidnapping of the three yeshiva students, uniting the nation in grief.

Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel (L-R).

The legacy of the three boys

The Torah, given to Jews over 3,000 years ago, is what transformed us from a group of freed slaves to God’s chosen people.

Eyal Yifrah, Gil-Ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel (L-R).