Israel kidnapping

Manhunt in Israel after Arabic-speaking man attempts to abduct girl, force her into his car trunk

Witnesses reportedly chased off the suspect, preventing the abduction in the city’s main Sokolov Street.

Israel Police officers seen at the scene of a murder in Abu Snan, Israel, July 29, 2025
Gilad Shaer, Naftali Fraenkel and Eyal Yifrah

Jerusalem Unity Prize awarded in memory of three kidnapped, murdered teens

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

Haymanot Kasau marks 10th birthday still missing, away from family

 Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza, protest outside the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv.

Hamas claims Israel declined to receive two hostages it intended to release


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.

Analysis: Israel wants to avoid giving Hamas a bartering chip at all costs

The organs of the security establishment – be it the Shin Bet, censor, Mossad , IDF, defense minister or prime minister – have repeated time and again the same mistake.

Avera Mengistu

Hamas: 'We won't return soldiers' bodies until prisoners from Schalit deal released'

Hamas claims that Israel approached them through a foreign intermediary to negotiate the return of the bodies of two soldiers killed in Operation Protective Edge.

Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin

Soldier who faked own kidnapping formally charged in Jerusalem District Court

Some 3,000 soldiers took part in the search during the more than eight hours that Asraf was feared missing.

Niv Asraf, the IDF soldier who faked his own kidnapping

Is a two-state solution plausible?

The Jerusalem Post

‘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).

Rachelle Fraenkel: Unity is an issue of security and hope

Day of worldwide Jewish solidarity held to mark year since kidnapping and murder of three teens

Rachelle Sprecher Fraenkel

Grapevine: Preserving unity

A round-up of news from around the country.

Unity Day banners commemorating Eyal Ifrach, Gil-ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel.

A time for unity

Three prizes for unity will be presented in a ceremony hosted by President Rivlin to acknowledge the unity of the nation after the kidnapping of the three boys last summer.

Unity Day banners commemorating Eyal Ifrach, Gil-ad Shaer and Naftali Fraenkel.