Missing person

Family of Haymanot Kasau says police failed, Shin Bet should find missing girl

The last time Haymanot Kasau was seen was near the absorption center in Safed, 647 days ago, when she was spotted on security camera footage at the center's entrance.

The Israel Police said it “failed the mission” to find Haymanot Kasau, an Ethiopian Israeli girl who has been missing since February 2024.
Police officers carry the body of a victim recovered from a fire-damaged residential block at Wang Fuk Court housing complex following a deadly fire, in Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, December 1, 2025.

Police comb aftermath of fire-ravaged Hong Kong apartments, death toll at 151

A man and a woman carry their belongings as they wade through the floodwaters on an inundated street following heavy rain at a residential area of Darul Imarah on the outskirts of Banda Aceh on November 27, 2025.

Indonesia races to evacuate stranded residents as flood death toll hits 28

A member of the internal security forces stands watch at a checkpoint in the village of Al-Mazra'a while vehicles pass by, after days of violence in the Sweida province sparked by clashes between Bedouin fighters and Druze factions, in Sweida province, Syria, July 21, 2025.

Nearly 100 people abducted or disappeared in Syria since January, says UN


Ex IDF chief lawyer Tomer-Yerushalmi found alive near Tel Aviv beach after suicide concerns

The incident may lead to unusual calculations, including the need to conduct Tomer-Yerushalmi's interrogation for the Sde Teiman leak while she is safely in custody.

IDF Military Advocate-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024

Relatives weep for scores of missing children after deadly Indonesia school collapse

Parents search desperately as 91 remain missing after an Islamic boarding school in East Java collapsed during prayers, trapping scores under concrete.

Search and rescue officers search for victims amidst the rubble of a collapsed building after a hall collapsed while students were praying at the Al-Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, September 29, 2025.

Police not doing enough to find Haymanot Kasau, family tells Knesset panel

Haymanot Kasau’s family accused police of neglect nearly two years after she disappeared, telling MKs her case would be treated differently if she weren’t Ethiopian.

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

66-Year Antarctic Mystery Solved: Missing Meteorologist Recovered after Glacier Melt

DNA tests matched bone fragments to the meteorologist's brother: “After so many years, I can finally say: Dennis has come home.”

Dennis Bell in 1959.

Court overturns conviction in case of Jewish 6-year-old who went missing in 1979

A New York federal appeals court ruled to overturn the guilty verdict for the man convicted in the 1979 disappearance of the Jewish 6-year-old Etan Patz.

 The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn.

Body of man missing for two years found in Rishon Lezion apartment

The discovery was made after a call was placed to the ZAKA 1220 hotline, alerting authorities to a decomposed body in an apartment on Mishmar Hayarden Street

ZAKA volunteers in Rishon Lezion on July 16, 2025.

Search ensues for missing Israeli-Ukrainian in Canada

His family told local authorities that he left around 5 pm local time on Tuesday for a hike toward Whistler’s MacLaurin’s Crossing, on a path he had taken many times during the day. 

 65-year-old Israeli citizen Ilya Rachitsky has been missing since Tuesday, launching a search and rescue effort nearly a week ago

Seven people missing from massive explosion at California fireworks facility

Teams were flying drones and aircraft over the area seeking to determine the fate of the missing and to monitor lingering hazards.

 Clouds of smoke rise following explosions at a firework storage warehouse in Esparto, California, United States, July 1, 2025

Search continues for missing American immigrant to Israel in India

The missing is an immigrant to Israel from the US, who went missing after getting separated from his trekking group nearly a week ago. 

 India’s Dharamsala region.

Search teams mobilized as Israeli hiker disappears in India’s Dharamsala region

Samuel Vengrinovich, 44, was last seen on Friday after leaving for a hike with a Dutch national at one of his campsites.

 Samuel Vengrinovich, 44, was last seen on Friday after leaving for a hike with a Dutch national at one of his campsites.

Israel Police searching for missing person in Lake Kinneret, personal belongings found

The individual's personal belongings were discovered on Ein Gev Beach during a search on Sunday night, police said.

 An Israel Police patrol boat and helicopter seen scanning Lake Kinneret, or the Sea of Galilee, in Israel's North, June 9, 2025