Haimanot Kassau's Family Demands Shin Bet Takeover in Disappearance Case
The family of Haimanot Kassau, who disappeared on February 25, 2024, from an absorption center in Safed, has held protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, demanding that the investigation into her disappearance be transferred to Israel's Shin Bet security service. Haimanot was nine years old when she vanished and would now be 11. Her father, Tesfaye Kassau, stated that the case has been handled by four different bodies without yielding any leads. The family has expressed frustration over the lack of answers from Lahav 433, questioning whether suspects have been identified, if leads are being pursued internationally, and if forensic measures like phone geolocation and polygraph tests have been conducted on individuals present at the absorption center on the night of her disappearance. A rally was held in Jerusalem's Paris Square after the Jerusalem Municipality denied permission for the family to set up a protest tent. Shelly Shem Tov, mother of a hostage released by Hamas, supported the Kassau family at a Tel A...
