Kidnapping in israel

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

"The first day of school is always exciting," Haymanot's father Tesfaye Kasau said. "It's a happy day. For us, it's another hard day."

Rescue teams searching for 9-year-old Haymanut Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, February 28, 2024.
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

Search poster for Haymanut Kasau at the Binyamina train station, 2024.

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


Israel indicts Hamas mastermind in kidnap, murder of three Israeli teens

Husam Kawasme obtained funding from his brother in Gaza for the kidnapping, hid the bodies of the murdered Israelis, and tried to flee to Jordan before being caught and arrested, Shin Bet says.

Kidnapped Israeli teens

Bennett: Building is Zionist answer to murder of 3 Israeli teens

Bayit Yehudi leader visits Gush Etzion yeshiva at which slain Israeli teens Naftali Fraenkel and Gil-Ad Shaer studied; says decision to appropriate 4,000 Gush Etzion dunams is display of Zionism.

Naftali Bennett

East Jerusalem man indicted for allegedly aiding suspect in kidnapping, murder of 3 Israeli teens

Wael Kawasame, 43, is suspected of helping organize kidnapping of yeshiva students, securing funding from Hamas to buy weapons for chief suspects.

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

Parshat Re’eh: We are children of the Lord

Our ambition is that all the diverse segments of the nation will learn to acknowledge the donation of the other and learn to live together.

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

In first, Hamas official takes credit for kidnap and murder of Israeli teens

Salah al-Aruri praises "heroic action" of Kassam Brigades; Hamas had previously denied kidnapping Fraenkel, Shaer and Yifrah.

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

As war tensions flare, Arab businesses struggle

Arab businesses started feeling the pinch in June, during the search for three kidnapped Israeli teenagers, who later were discovered murdered.

The Al Sanabel cooperative runs a catering business in the Negev township of Hura

Father of murdered Arab teen: Suspect should be burned to death like my son was

Jerusalem District Court orders lead suspect in kidnapping and murder of east Jerusalem teen confined to police custody until end of trial.

Muhammad Abu Khdeir

Alleged mastermind behind kidnapping of three Israeli teens arrested

State prosecutors say Hussam Kawasme confessed to giving orders, collecting weapons, getting funds from Hamas; 2 chief suspects still at large.

Wanted for kidnapping: (left to right) Marwan Quasma and Amar Abu Eisha

Hamas, Tibi say Israel misled world about soldier presumed captured

Israel "deceived the world when it claimed the kidnapping of a soldier and then later admitted that he was killed," says Hamas spokesman.

MK Ahmed Tibi at PA event 311

Hamas says missing IDF soldier may have died during ambush in southern Gaza

A statement by the group said it had no contact with militants who were operating in the area in the southern Gaza Strip.

Sec.-Lt. Hadar Goldin.