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


Another Tack: The Kay and Tim Show

Kay and Tim are the people we Israelis obsessively seek to impress but our sophisticated simulations drown in their syrupy shallowness.

Sky’s Kay Burley and Tim Marshall: there was nothing remotely kind or caring about their banter.

So what happens now?

We found ourselves crying out to the world asking again and again, “Why are you ignoring this abduction and its perpetrators?"

Candles placed next to a picture of three Israeli teenagers who were abducted and killed, in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square June 30, 2014.

July 3: The funeral

Readers react to the kidnapped teens' funerals, the notion of land for peace, and health care.

Letters 370

Hundreds of Arabs riot across Jerusalem after Palestinian teen found murdered

Arab rioters believe boy killed by Israelis as revenge for 3 Israeli teens; police clarify motive for crime has yet to be determined.

 A Palestinian hurls a stone towards Israeli police during clashes in Shuafat, July 2, 2014.

In extended version of kidnapped teens' call to police, murderers heard singing in celebration

Tape seems to dispel scenario that terrorists had panicked and possibly not meant to kill the 3 Israeli boys.

Kidnapping suspects: Marwan Quasma and Amar Abu Eisha

Gush Etzion man walks to Capitol for Pollard, slain youths

David Mandel had hoped that by the time he arrived in Washington, he would hear good news regarding the three boys and Pollard.

Daniel Mandel and his wife, Cheryl, show solidarity with the kidnapped boys.

‘It feels like they were our sons’

New York Jews lament news of teens' murders during a vigil in Manhattan's Union Square.

The Vigil in Manhattan’s Union Square for the three murdered Israeli teens, July 1, 2014.

Egged adds six new bus lines in Judea and Samaria after locals complain of need to hitchhike

Transportation Ministry says public transportation operates according to demand, needs of each community.

An Egged bus 370 (R)

UK reaction to murders: Avoid escalation and be proportionate

British Middle East minister calls for all parties to "avoid action that could escalate the situation further.”

Missing yeshiva students (left to right)Naphtali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Shaar and Eyal Yifrach.

Netanyahu: You taught the world what a mother’s tears and love mean

As the PM spoke, the flag-draped bodies of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-Ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrah, lay side-by-side in front of thousands of mourners.

The Jerusalem Post