A 5-year-old boy who resides in the Cheftziba neighborhood of Beit Shemesh was missing for hours on Monday night, the eve of 20 Tammuz. The incident began near midnight, when the mother returned home only to find his door open, realizing her son was not at home.
Mom quickly woke her husband and the other children to ask about the missing child. They then called the area Zaka commander, Avraham Kaff. Kaff sent out an alert to his volunteers in the area as well as other emergency organizations and the search for the missing boy was underway. They began with a search of the family home and then the staircase and surrounding areas.
B’chasdei Hashem, at some point a decision was made to check vehicles and the missing child was found sound asleep in an abandoned vehicle near their home. B”H the child was well and did not require medical care. The parents thanked all the volunteers, who reminded them at times parents must exhibit increase vigilance regarding the location of their children during the nighttime hours.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Strange story!
1) abandoned vehicle??? What was he doing in an abandoned vehicle?
2) Where was mom until midnight?
3) Who was watching the child/children till mom’s return?
4) Is ZAKA the community police or Chaveirim organization? Who calls ZAKA?
I guess we’ll only get part of the story! The rest is left to our imagination.
ב”ה all are home safely.
As an Beit Shemesh resident, I’m not at all surprised. My husband just told me he saw 2 little kids, the oldest one about 8, in Bet tremping (hitchiking.) Is this normal? The way these parents have no clue how to monitor their children is astounding. It’s mamash a ness that MOST children round here get home safely. No supervision in crossing streets, kids whose parents have no clue whether they are home or not, toddlers in filthy diapers getting out of the house and wandering the streets – it’s a shanda. What kind of family doesn’t know the 5 year old is missing? Dad was presumably supposed to be watching them & putting the kids to sleep. Oh wait, sorry, that’s the 8 year old’s job.