New Initiative Launched to Find Missing Girl as 1,000-Day Mark Approaches
Translated & summarized from Ice by baba
A new initiative, including a countdown clock on a dedicated website, has been launched to raise public awareness about the disappearance of Haimanot Kassao, who vanished from a Safed reception center in 2024. As the 1,000-day mark approaches on November 21st, activists are urging media outlets to integrate the clock into their sites. Despite extensive searches, a NIS 1 million reward, and numerous Knesset discussions, her whereabouts remain unknown, and the family is pushing for the Shin Bet to lead the investigation.
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- A new initiative uses a countdown clock to mark 1,000 days since Haimanot Kassao's disappearance in 2024.
- Attorney Eran Harmoni revealed the initiative, created by activist Daniel Mahrat, on Channel 14.
- The campaign aims to integrate the clock into news websites to maintain public awareness.
- A NIS 1 million reward is offered for information leading to Kassao's discovery.
- The Kassao family wants the Shin Bet to take over the investigation due to a lack of progress.
- A protest march and rally are scheduled for November 18th in Tel Aviv.
As the 1,000-day mark of Haimanot Kassao's disappearance approaches, a new initiative aims to keep the case in the public consciousness. Kassao, a child who vanished from a reception center in Safed in 2024, has not been heard from since. Attorney Eran Harmoni revealed on Channel 14's "HaPatriotim" program that social activist Daniel Mahrat has created a website featuring a countdown clock to mark the time since her disappearance. The initiative seeks to expand its reach by integrating this clock into news websites and other platforms, urging media outlets and public figures to help raise awareness and pressure Israeli authorities for answers.
The effort draws inspiration from a similar digital clock used during the campaign to retrieve hostages from Gaza, which tracked the days, hours, minutes, and seconds since October 7th. That clock was eventually stopped in January 2026 after the last hostage was returned. Activists hope a comparable strategy will maintain public attention on Kassao's case.
Haimanot, who was nine years old when last seen on February 25, 2024, after distributing election flyers, has been the subject of extensive searches. The investigation was transferred to Lahav 433 in December 2025, but no significant breakthroughs have been announced. A public committee, working alongside the family, has organized protests, campaigns, and awareness drives, including billboards, a call for students to use red balloons, and a protest tent in Jerusalem. A NIS 1 million reward has also been offered for information leading to her discovery. The Knesset's Committee on Immigration and Absorption has held 32 discussions on the matter, many of them classified. The Kassao family continues to demand that the Shin Bet take over the investigation, citing a lack of results from current efforts.
A protest march is scheduled for November 18th, starting from Tel Aviv's Savidor Center train station and concluding at Hostages Square with a rally. The 1,000-day anniversary of Haimanot's disappearance falls on November 21st, with her family still seeking answers.
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