Israel launches massive search for three youths feared kidnapped in West Bank
This event is still unfolding, and IDF soldiers and police are currently narrowing their search on the Hebron region. This immediately brings up the story of Nachson Wachsman, which also occurred on a Friday and unfortunately ended in tragedy, as well as that of Gilad Shalit. We can only hope that the boys will be found soon and brought home safely.
Israel launches massive search for three youths feared kidnapped in West Bank
By BEN HARTMAN, TOVAH LAZAROFF, JPOST.COM STAFF
LAST UPDATED: 06/13/2014 18:19
Police along with Shin Bet, IDF scanning vicinity near West Bank city for youths missing since late Thursday; families say they have no reason to believe the boys decided to leave home on their own.
Security forces fear three teenage yeshiva boys, all 16 years of age, were kidnapped in the West Bank after they went missing from a hitchhiking spot in the Gush Etzion area Thursday night.
The youths, all of whom are yeshiva students, went missing during the course of Thursday night and security forces are conducting sweeping searches of the area.
Israel says it holds the Palestinian Authority responsible for the well-being of the missing youths.
The army said on Friday that it was seeking intelligence leads that could shed light on the fate of the missing youths. The IDF said that it was holding routine situational assessments with other security arms in order to ascertain the whereabouts of the missing yeshiva students.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been briefed on the latest developments of the search. Netanyahu has convened an emergency security cabinet session with his top defense chiefs at the Kirya Defense Ministry compound in Tel Aviv.
While they do strongly fear the boys were kidnapped, security forces have not yet been able to rule out all other possibilities police said.
According to reports, the IDF and the Shin Bet security service are in touch with their counterparts in the Palestinian Authority security apparatus in an effort to advance the search.
A torched car that was found alongside a highway in the vicinity of the search. Investigators towed away the car and will begin examining the remains in an effort to determine whether there is any connection to the missing students search.
Police were in touch with the families and said that they have no reason to believe that the teenagers decided to go missing on their own, or run away from home or their yeshiva.
Palestinian media on Friday reported that a large number of Israeli forces had been deployed to the Hebron vicinity in search of the boys who went missing earlier in the morning.
Palestinian news agency Ma'an cited sources in the vicinity as saying Israeli forces had raided various home in the city of Dura, located southwest of Hebron, in search of the missing boys.
By BEN HARTMAN, TOVAH LAZAROFF, JPOST.COM STAFF
LAST UPDATED: 06/13/2014 18:19
Police along with Shin Bet, IDF scanning vicinity near West Bank city for youths missing since late Thursday; families say they have no reason to believe the boys decided to leave home on their own.
Security forces fear three teenage yeshiva boys, all 16 years of age, were kidnapped in the West Bank after they went missing from a hitchhiking spot in the Gush Etzion area Thursday night.
The youths, all of whom are yeshiva students, went missing during the course of Thursday night and security forces are conducting sweeping searches of the area.
Israel says it holds the Palestinian Authority responsible for the well-being of the missing youths.
The army said on Friday that it was seeking intelligence leads that could shed light on the fate of the missing youths. The IDF said that it was holding routine situational assessments with other security arms in order to ascertain the whereabouts of the missing yeshiva students.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been briefed on the latest developments of the search. Netanyahu has convened an emergency security cabinet session with his top defense chiefs at the Kirya Defense Ministry compound in Tel Aviv.
While they do strongly fear the boys were kidnapped, security forces have not yet been able to rule out all other possibilities police said.
According to reports, the IDF and the Shin Bet security service are in touch with their counterparts in the Palestinian Authority security apparatus in an effort to advance the search.
A torched car that was found alongside a highway in the vicinity of the search. Investigators towed away the car and will begin examining the remains in an effort to determine whether there is any connection to the missing students search.
Police were in touch with the families and said that they have no reason to believe that the teenagers decided to go missing on their own, or run away from home or their yeshiva.
Palestinian media on Friday reported that a large number of Israeli forces had been deployed to the Hebron vicinity in search of the boys who went missing earlier in the morning.
Palestinian news agency Ma'an cited sources in the vicinity as saying Israeli forces had raided various home in the city of Dura, located southwest of Hebron, in search of the missing boys.
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