IDF says troops join police search for missing teen in West Bank

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

IDF troops search for missing Benjamin Achimeir in the West Bank, April 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF troops search for missing Benjamin Achimeir in the West Bank, April 12, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)

The IDF says troops, including special forces, are working alongside police to locate a missing 14-year-old boy in the West Bank.

Jerusalem resident Benjamin Achimeir left a farm near the outpost of Malachei Shalom in the early morning hours to go shepherding, and has not been seen since. The sheep returned to “Gal Farm” without him, police say.

The chief of the IDF Central Command, Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox, and the head of the West Bank division, Brig. Gen. Yaki Dolf, are at the scene leading the searches, the military says.

Police and military forces are blocking roads in the area.

Malachei Shalom is located near the West Bank town of Mughayir, northeast of Ramallah.

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