The family of Haymanut Kasau, a missing 11-year-old girl who disappeared over a year ago, met with National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir yesterday, his office says.
The minister, who oversees police, says he plans to speak to Shin Bet chief David Zini in hopes of enlisting the internal security agency to assist in police searches for the missing Ethiopian-Israeli girl, after she disappeared from an absorption center for new immigrants in Safed.
For more than a year now, Kasau’s family has been urging authorities to ramp up efforts to find their daughter and classify her as kidnapped, rather than missing.
In March, her parents were joined by a group of protesters outside the Knesset demanding police intensify their investigation, alleging that the muted outcry over her disappearance is due to her Ethiopian origin.
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