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MK Tsega Melaku: Missing girl Haymanut Kasau ignored for nearly two years - interview

Melaku added that she distributed Kasau’s photo to fellow MKs "so they will remember: there is a kidnapped child, and nobody is talking about her."

A poster of nine-year-old Haymanut Kasau, who has been missing since 2023, seen on December 18, 2025
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu and Jewish children take part in a special prayer for rain at the Kinneret, the Sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, October 29, 2025.

'God does not do a half job,' Safed's Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu says following Maduro's detention

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau.

Court clears Beersheba assault suspect of link to Haymanut Kasau disappearance, extends detention

Nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau.

Nearly two year after disappearance: Police arrest suspect linked to missing girl Haymanut Kasau


Israeli woman, 68, wounded by Hezbollah rocket blasts in Safed

Patients suffering from anxiety are being treated at the scene, an MDA spokesperson said.

 View of a house that was hit from a missile fired from Lebanon overnight, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, September 28, 2024

Hezbollah rockets hit house, crash on Highway 89 near Safed

Approximately 180 rockets were dismantled as the IDF struck several targets in southern Lebanon following Hezbollah's attack, the military reported.

 A member of a rescue team speaks to a man as rescue teams work to extinguish flames on a house following a rocket attack from Lebanon, amid cross-border hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in northern Israel, September 21, 2024.

Fire erupts in Biriya forest after rocket barrage to Israel's North

Starting at 01:11 a.m. local time, sirens sounded in Safed, Biriya, Kerem Ben-Zimra, and Dalton, among other places.

Israel's Iron Dome intercepts Hezbollah rockets fired over northern Israel. August 25, 2024.

Snatched: Missing Ethiopian girl's friend witnessed kidnapping, father says

"A friend of Haymanot's gave an accurate description of a man with sidelocks who grabbed Haymanot, put her on his back, and ran away," Haymanot Kasau's father said.

 The discussion held at the the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs regarding the disappearance of Haymanot Kasau. August 7, 2024.

Gallant warns: Hezbollah may hit Israel harder than Iran

IDF to reinvade Beit Hanoun • Halevi promises quick response if Iran attacks Israel

 (L-R): IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, seen near the IDF recruitment center in Jerusalem in an illustrative.

'We believe it will happen': Four months since the disappearance of Haymanot Kasau

Kasau , who two months ago turned ten years old, immigrated with her family from Ethiopia to Israel three and a half years ago and lived in the absorption center on Tzahal 9 street in Safed.

 Police and rescue forces seen during a search for 9-year-old Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 27, 2024.

Reporters Notebook: Protecting the home front in northern Israel - exclusive

In an exclusive interview with 'The Jerusalem Post,' Home Front commander Lt. Col Eran Salmon compares the challenges Israel faces today to Israel’s second war of independence.

 IDF's Northern Command and the Home Front Command work closely together to protect Israelis in the North

Police search for missing nine-year-old Haymanot Kasau continues

"We are working very hard…to try to find some kind of clue to understand where Haymanot could be. We are scanning the absorption center and its surrounding area."

 Police and rescue forces seen during a search for 9-year-old Kasau, in the northern Israeli city of Safed, February 27, 2024.

Hezbollah rocket hits entrance to Safed hospital, fails to detonate

The director of the hospital, Dr. Salman Zarka, wrote, "We are very lucky here. The missile did not explode. Otherwise, there could have been an incident with many casualties."

  Ziv Medical Center

IDF fighter jets engage in wave of attacks on Hezbollah after Israeli soldier killed

Several wounded soldiers were transferred to a hospital in Safed after rocket sirens sounded throughout the North.

 Israeli officials evacuate a person who was injured by a rocket that landed after it was fired from Lebanon, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Safed, northern Israel February 14, 2024