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Ethiopian Special Forces Rescue Kidnapped Israeli

Francis Adbabayi, an Israeli citizen abducted in Ethiopia three weeks ago, has been freed following a rescue operation by Ethiopian special forces.

  • Editor Staff
  • August 1, 2023
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Francis Adbabayi, an Israeli citizen abducted in Ethiopia three weeks ago, has been freed following a rescue operation by Ethiopian special forces. Initially, Jerusalem’s Foreign Ministry suspected that Adbabayi had faked his own abduction for ransom money, however, the investigation proved these suspicions incorrect.
  

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  1. 79-year-old Israeli citizen, Francis Adbabayi, was freed from abduction in Ethiopia following an operation by Ethiopian special forces involving a pursuit and a shootout with his kidnappers near the country’s northwestern border.
  2. 2. The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem initially suspected Adbabayi had faked his own abduction for ransom, leading the Israel Police to open a fraud investigation, which was later proven incorrect.
  3. The abductors had demanded a ransom of 2.5 million Ethiopian birr (around $45,000) for Adbabayi’s release.
  4. Disappointed with the handling of the case by the Foreign Ministry, Adbabayi’s family enlisted the help of Knesset member and former Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, who utilized her contacts to engage Ethiopia’s special forces.
  5. Adbabayi was reunited with his two sons in Gondar, Ethiopia, and is expected to return to Israel shortly.

 

Source: https://www.jns.org/israel-news/ethiopian-jews/23/7/31/306627/ 

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