False Kidnapping Report Leads to Search Near Hizma Village
Police and IDF searched near Hizma village for three individuals who falsely reported a kidnapping, later found safe and questioned for their actions.
Jerusalem, 6 September, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Police forces from the Judea and Samaria Division, the Jerusalem District, and the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) were mobilized after a minor called the police emergency center claiming to have been kidnapped along with two others near the village of Hizma. The Binyamin District police located the three individuals safe and sound near the village shortly afterward.
The investigation revealed that the three, two minors and an adult, all residents of Jerusalem, had entered the village voluntarily for a walk and fabricated the kidnapping report out of fear of the consequences of their actions.
They were questioned under caution on suspicion of filing a false report and violating a legal order, and were later released by the court under certain restrictions.