The family of Haymanut Kasau, an Ethiopian girl who has been missing since February 25, 2024, heard updates on her disappearance case from the media instead of the police, the family said on Monday.
This came despite the fact that only days earlier, the media had reported on the case, and the family had met with police officials and been informed that there had been no progress.
“So far, we have not been given any information,” the family stated. “It is appropriate that we receive the updates directly from the officers in charge. Haymanut must return home now.”
Netanyahu compares Kasau to October 7 hostages
Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised that the state would continue its mission to find Kasau, comparing the mission to return her home to the mission to return hostages from Gaza after October 7, 2023.
Kasau, nine years old at the time of her disappearance, was last seen near an absorption center in Safed. She had been spotted on security camera footage at the center’s entrance. The child immigrated from Ethiopia with her family in 2021 and lived in Safed.
Search efforts were initially halted about three weeks after her disappearance and later resumed. Kasau’s family has long argued that all signs pointed to an abduction.
Keshet Neev contributed to this report.
