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Haymanut Kasau

Bereaved families lay flowers in memory of their loved ones during a protest and memorial ceremony at Tel Aviv's Habima Square, April 18, 2026. (Naama Zeevi Rivlin / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
April 19, 2026, 12:28 am
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‘A second Holocaust happened to my family,’ says Ofri Bibas, vowing Netanyahu won’t ‘evade accountability’; bereaved relative accuses government of wanting families to ‘move on’
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Family members and friends of Haymanut Kasau attend Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 25, 2026, 6:51 pm
Two years after Haymanut Kasau’s disappearance, Shin Bet approved to join search
Family addresses Knesset committee in tears, calling for more efforts to be devoted to case that has seen little progress since Kasau, then 9, vanished in Safed
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
Anti-government protesters gather in Tel Aviv's Habima Square, on January 24, 2026. (Yair Palti/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
January 24, 2026, 11:40 pm
Thousands across Israel protest against government, demand return of Ran Gvili’s body
‘Deals need to be fulfilled,’ says Gvili’s mother at hometown rally, urging government not to move forward with Gaza deal’s second phase until her son’s remains are back in Israel
By ToI Staff
Relatives of Haymanut Kasau take part in a search for the missing girl, who disappeared at the age of 9 in February 2024, in the northern town of Safed, November 23, 2025. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
December 17, 2025, 10:21 pm
Breakthrough after nearly 2 years as police arrest suspect in Haymanut Kasau case
63-year-old man arrested after allegedly attempting to kidnap a child from her Beersheba apartment; Kasau’s father says suspect lived nearby at time of his daughter’s disappearance
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Haymanut Kasau, 9, who went missing on February 25, 2024, from a Jewish Agency absorption center in Safed, northern Israel. (Courtesy)
December 17, 2025, 12:01 am
Major crimes unit takes over investigation in case of missing girl Haymanut Kasau
After almost two years, police chief orders file on disappeared Ethiopian immigrant, 9, transferred to Lahav 433; possible link reported to attempted kidnapping in Beersheba
By ToI Staff
Family members of Haymanut Kasau attend meeting of the Knesset National Security Commitee dealing with the disappearance of the girl a year earlier when she was just nine-years-old, February 25, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
February 25, 2025, 8:36 pm
A year without a trace: Knesset panel reviews disappearance of Haymanut Kasau, aged 9
Police insist they have tried everything possible to find the young girl who disappeared in northern Israel; lawmakers urge that case be kept in public eye
By ToI Staff
Haymanut Kasau, 9, who went missing on February 25, 2024, from a Jewish Agency absorption center in Safed, northern Israel. (Courtesy)
February 14, 2025, 1:57 pm
Police weigh sending team to Ethiopia in hunt for Israeli girl who vanished a year ago
Report says key CCTV footage missing from time Haymanut Kasau, 10, disappeared at an absorption center in Safed in February 2024; MK: Government owes family more effort to find her
By ToI Staff
Tesfai Kasau, father of missing 9-year-old Haymanut, speaks to the Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, June 18, 2024. (Screenshot/Knesset Channel, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 18, 2024, 4:07 pm
Father of missing 9-year-old girl: Government ‘not doing enough’ to find her
Updating Knesset panel on search for Haymanut Kasau, last seen in Safed in February, police commander says no new leads, even after NIS 350,000 reward offered
By ToI Staff
Haymanut Kasau, 9, who went missing on February 25, 2024, from a Jewish Agency absorption center in Safed, northern Israel. (Courtesy)
February 27, 2024, 4:59 pm
Police launch massive manhunt to find 9-year-old Safed girl missing since Sunday
Haymanut Kasau last seen outside absorption center handing out election leaflets; canine unit chief says case ‘extremely unusual,’ lack of evidence ‘very worrying’
By Michael Horovitz
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