900 Days Since Haymanot Kasau's Disappearance; Her Father to Shin Bet Chief: 'Intervene'

The family of Haymanot Kasau, missing for 900 days, has sent a letter to Shin Bet chief David Zini demanding the organization's involvement in the investigation. Father Tesfaye Kasau compared to other cases where the Shin Bet intervened, writing that it is hard not to think how things might have looked different if they looked different. The investigation file recently moved to Lahav 433.

The family of Haymanot Kasau, missing for 900 days, delivered a letter on Wednesday evening to Shin Bet chief David Zini, calling for the organization's intervention in the investigation into her disappearance. The letter was handed over by her father, Tesfaye Kasau, accompanied by his family and dozens of activists. In the letter, Kasau wrote: "I ask, I beg you to help my Haymanot," and signed: "As a father and mother, Benji and I are doing everything we can, but it's not enough without you." The Shin Bet did not respond. The family has been demanding the Shin Bet's involvement since the first months of the disappearance, but to no avail. Initially, the Shin Bet conveyed that it had no way to assist the police. In recent months, the investigation file was transferred to an investigative unit in Lahav 433, after two years at the Safed station and the Kinneret district office, with no progress. Recently, Critical Impact, which previously assisted families of hostages and the family of Naama Issachar, joined and is assisting voluntarily. In his letter, Kasau compared to other cases where the Shin Bet intervened, including locating hostages in tunnels, the case of the boy Yuval Kogan, and dealing with crime in the Arab society. He wrote: "So why only my daughter? I am stopping myself with all my might from thinking it's related to color, but it's very hard not to think how things might have looked different if we looked different."