Hebron resident in his 60s was physically unharmed after being kidnapped, held for ransom in Arab-Israeli city during business dispute.
From
- World Israel News
Israel’s
Yasam special operations unit and the Israeli police rescued a Palestinian man
on Saturday evening, raiding a compound in an Arab city in northern Israel and
arresting several suspects.
Issa
Sayat, a Palestinian contractor in his 60s from the Hebron area, was kidnapped
fo ransom last Wednesday near Rosh HaAyin in central Israel.
Sayat’s
son called Israeli police, reporting that his father’s kidnappers were
demanding a large ransom in exchange for his safe return. The incident took
place within the context of an ongoing business dispute, the son said.
Shortly
after the call was made on Wednesday, Israeli police arrested three men, all
residents of the Arab city of Umm Al-Fahm, and seized vehicles they suspected
were used in the kidnapping.
Another
man was arrested the following day.
According
to a report, the IDF and police collaborated in a joint
effort to find Sayat, using “covert technological” means, including tracing cell
phone signals, in order to locate him.
On
Saturday evening, security forces raided a compound in Umm Al-Fahm, rescued
Sayat, and arrested additional suspects, who were presumably holding him
captive.
Sayat
was physically unharmed and transported to a local police station.
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