Israeli family ‘in shock’ after fugitives found in Argentina – donations to be returned

The Yehalom family has expressed stunned disbelief following the discovery that relatives Meli and Liel Yehalom, who disappeared from Israel, had deliberately fled to Argentina. The family’s reaction comes after authorities located the pair, revealing that their disappearance was a premeditated escape rather than an accident or abduction. The revelation has prompted the family to halt a public fundraising campaign that had been launched to aid in the search. Approximately 260,000 shekels (£52,000) that had been collected from donors will now be returned. The family released a statement expressing gratitude for public support, saying: ‘Thank you for rallying to help us.’ The discovery represents a significant development in a case that had previously been treated as a missing persons investigation, though further details regarding the circumstances of the family members’ departure and reasons for leaving Israel remain unclear.

Source: Maariv — Original article in Hebrew.