Missing boys in israel

Missing 4-year-old child Younes Abu Ghanem found in Ashkelon following police search

Abu Ghanem marks the second young child to go missing in the Ashkelon area within a month, after four-year-old Yuval Kogan was found after he went missing from Hofit Beach.

Younes Abu Ghanem.
Yuval Kogan is found by Israel Police officers in Ashkelon on July 24, 2026.

Missing 4-year-old Yuval Kogan found alive after overnight search near Ashkelon

Leah Goldin, mother of Hadar, speaks at a press conference, August 5, 2018

Danon meets with Goldin Family about 'bringing our boys back'

Bodies of youth killed in hiking tragedy

'We're going to die,' student texted day before she was killed in flood


Barkat announces launch of unity prize in memory of abducted teens

Three prizes will be awarded to individuals and organizations that work toward unity both within Israel and between the diaspora.

Kidnapped Israeli teens

‘Those three boys saved the nation’

Thousands gather in ]erusalem to remember Naftali, Eyal and Gil-Ad 30 days after their deaths.

Bat-Galim Shaer, mother of Gil-Ad Shaer, at the memorial service.

Think Again: The anti-Eyal, Gil-Ad and Naftali

During those 18 days, we learned that it is better to live in a country where Jews love one another and look for the good in their fellow Jews.

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

Bnei Akiva governing body to discuss dismissing secretary-general after inflammatory comments

Rabbi Noam Perel, the organizations secretary-general, called for revenge following the murder of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil’ad Shaar and Eyal Yifrah.

Screenshot of Noam Perel's Facebook status

My Word: Equivalent to what?

Along with most of the country, I had spent the previous 18 days consumed with worry for the fate of three teenagers I’d never met.

The Fraenkel family at the funeral for their slain son Naftali, July 1, 2014.

Grumpy old man: What now?

It’s a two-pronged question that gets asked far too often.

Mourners gather at the grave of Gil-Ad Shaer on Tuesday.

UN Security Council condemns slaying of Yifrah, Fraenkel, Shaer

The council said it was profoundly outraged, called the killings a “heinous act,” and expressed condolences to the families.

United Nations Security Council 311 (R)

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.

Israeli-Arab party blames ‘occupation’ for violence’ after kidnapped teens found dead

Balad calls for an end to the “cynical exploitation” of the incident, and “to stop any Israeli revenge operation immediately.”

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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.