Israeli citizens held in Gaza

On Wednesday, during a rally in Gaza, Hamas leader Khaled Meshal alluded to Mengistu’s capture when speaking about Israelis now being held by the terror group, including the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed during last summer’s war.

JERUSALEM Israel arrested Hamas on Tuesday of using last week’s strikes by Islamic State associates on Egyptian powers inside the Sinai in wish of releasing arms smuggling to the Gaza Strip.

“Israel has appealed to global and regional interlocutors to demand his immediate release and verify his well-being”, the government said in a statement.

“This is a humanitarian issue, and we expect those holding him to behave accordingly and return him in good health”, Rivlin said in a statement.

Hamas officials in Gaza have declined comment. “We don’t have any information about it. Even if is true, we don’t have instructions to talk about it”, he said.

In some places the fence between Israel and Gaza is only a few metres high, while it is also possible to swim around into Gaza, although the Israeli military closely monitors such activity. It is unclear why it made a decision to publicize the issue months after the incident.

“I see a real willingness on the part of Israel to address some of its worst impact”, Turner said of the blockade, which Israel says is necessary to prevent the import of arms and material to make weapons.

Haaretz newspaper today lifted the veil on the detention of an Israeli citzen by Hamas inside Gaza.

An Israeli Arab is also being held in Gaza, according to COGAT, but it wouldn’t give any more details.

Secret negotiations have been ongoing to secure Mengistu’s release, as well as the bodies of soldiers Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, Israeli officials confirmed.

Ethiopian-Israeli leaders were told that the Prime Minister’s Office was working to secure Mengistu’s release, according to Assefa-Dawit. It said he had crossed the border on foot on September 7, 2014.

Over 2,200 people were killed over seven weeks in July and August, 500 of them children – but amid the carnage, the five-minute segment showed fleeting glimmers of hope as Gaza takes its first tentative steps towards reconstruction. On at least three occasions, his family reported his disappearances to police; social services in Ashkelon were aware of the situation.

“Despite well-documented evidence of war crimes committed by the Israeli military during the assault on Gaza last summer, there has been no justice and accountability for grave violations against Palestinian children”, the group said.

Israeli Channel 10 broadcast an interview with a man it identified as Mengistu’s father. “Where is my son?” “I ask the Israeli government to bring him home safely and call on the global community to intervene and to bring its influence to bear for his release”.

Wearing an Avraham Mengistu shirt, Yalo said that he and others in the community have known about the story for months and that “no one has given any answers to the family”.

Hamas and other militant groups launched thousands of rockets and mortar bombs out of the enclave into Israel. The family was told earlier on that they should keep the situation quiet, he said.