Family of Missing Girl Haimanut Kassaw Gets Shin Bet to Take Over Case

The family of Haimanut Kassaw, who has been missing for 953 days, has received approval for the Shin Bet security agency to take over the investigation into her abduction. This development follows intense advocacy by the family, who have been demanding a more thorough investigation. In recent weeks, lawyers Oded Feller and Eden Gilad from the Association for Civil Rights joined the struggle, filing petitions on behalf of Haimanut's parents, Tesfaye and Banchi. The family's efforts also gained support from Knesset members Meirav Cohen and Roni Milkai of the Yesh Atid party, and MK Pnina Tamano-Shata of the Blue and White party, who has long supported the family. Public pressure was also applied by thousands of Jerusalem residents who visited a Sukkah erected by the family during the recent holiday. A protest tent is planned to be set up in Shimon Agranat Square in the coming days. Haimanut's father, Tesfaye Kassaw, expressed gratitude for the support and invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shin Bet head David Zinai to the protest tent, hoping for a swift resolution and the Shin Bet's prompt assumption of responsibility for the case. He also stated that it is clear the investigation has not been handled properly and that his sole desire is for everything to be done to bring his daughter home.