Police searching for 7-year-old boy thought kidnapped in family feud
Child snatched outside home in central Israel as part of what cops suspect is a financial dispute
Illustrative: An Israeli police car (Roy Alima/Flash90)
Police were searching for a seven-year-old boy they feared had been kidnapped in central Israel on Tuesday.
The boy was snatched and forced into a car outside his home, Hebrew media reported. The vehicle reportedly headed north.
Police suspect the kidnapping is connected to a family financial dispute.
Checkpoints were set up near Baqa al-Gharbiya and Umm al-Fahm in the Haifa district. A large number of police and a helicopter were involved in the search.
One person has reportedly been detained by police in Lod.