Israel proved it knows how to search — why wasn't Haimanot found

After a week of searching for Mali and Liel Yahalomi, who went missing in Vienna, they were found alive in Argentina. The columnist asks: with such resources, why hasn't nine-year-old Haimanot Kassau, missing in Israel for about 900 days, been found yet? He notes that the police, Mossad, and Shin Bet can deliver results when they deem it necessary, and suggests that if the girl were from a different social class, more effort would have been made.

After a week of intense searching, the Israeli women Mali and Liel Yahalomi, who went missing in Vienna, were found alive and well in Argentina. The search operation was extensive: the police, the economic unit Lahav 433, and possibly the Mossad were involved, with significant resources deployed. It turned out that the women had decided to disappear on their own and left their rented apartment in Vienna, not wanting to be found. The columnist raises the question of the cost of such an operation and suggests presenting the women with a bill for the hundreds of thousands of shekels spent. The author's main question: why has nine-year-old Haimanot Kassau, missing in Israel for about 900 days, not been found yet, despite the capabilities of the police, Mossad, and Shin Bet. The author suggests that if the girl were from a different social class, for example, from Modi'in rather than Safed, more effort would have been made. He concludes with a personal assumption that state agencies would have made more effort if the girl were from a different background.