First holiday in a new home, but for Haymanot's family she is still missing: "Like a journey in the desert"

ynet surveys families who have moved to conflict zones in the Gaza envelope and the Lebanon border, seeking to take part in rehabilitation. Meanwhile, the family of kidnapped Haymanot Kasau set up a protest sukkah in Jerusalem, calling for the investigation into her disappearance to be transferred to the Shin Bet, 941 days after she went missing.

ynet surveys a trend of Israeli families choosing to relocate to conflict zones — in the Gaza envelope and the Lebanon border — out of an ideological perception of strengthening the area and sharing in rehabilitation after the events of October 7. The article presents four families: the Perry family who moved to Nir Yitzhak, the Marksheid-Mordechai family who moved to Sderot, the Kelly-Hanan family who moved to Malkia, and the Roizman family who moved to Kiryat Shmona. Each describes their personal and communal motivations for the move, alongside the security challenges. In parallel, the article presents the story of the Kasau family, who struggle to celebrate: Tesfaye, father of Haymanot Kasau, set up a protest sukkah in Agranat Square in Jerusalem, 941 days after her disappearance. The family moved from Safed to Jerusalem in protest of the delay in transferring the case to the Shin Bet, after, according to them, there has been no progress in the Lahav 433 investigation. The father describes the feeling as "a journey in the desert" and calls on the public to visit the sukkah.

First holiday in a new home, but for Haymanot's family she is still missing: "Like a journey in the desert"