PA forces extract Israeli from Jericho after she reported having been kidnapped

An Israeli woman who claimed to have been kidnapped was extracted by the Palestinian Authority’s security forces from the West Bank city of Jericho a short while ago, the military says.

The woman had called the police, saying she had been abducted. Kan news reports that the alleged kidnapper is an acquaintance of the woman from work, who drove with her to Jericho for a social gathering, without her knowledge.

The IDF says that upon receiving the report of the suspected kidnapping, it dispatched troops to the scene to search for the woman.

Meanwhile, the Civil Administration, a branch of the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), worked with the PA’s security forces to locate the woman.

The PA security forces reached the area where the woman was located, extracted and protected her, and brought her to Israeli forces.

“The civilian was rescued, without any casualties in the incident,” the army says.

The woman is set to be questioned by Israeli authorities, including regarding the kidnapping claims. By law, Israelis are barred from entering West Bank areas controlled by the PA.