An Israeli security official said Thursday the Hamas militant group has been holding Mengistu in the Gaza Strip for nearly a year. He is widely believed to be in the hands of Hamas, the militant group that governs the Gaza Strip. Israelis and relatives of Avraham Mengistu, a 28-year old Israeli of Ethiopian descent who went missing after crossing into the Gaza Strip, rally on the Israeli side of the Erez crossing to the Gaza Strip on Sept. 3, 2015. Israeli doctors are also raising Mengistu’s situation with Gazans treated in Israeli hospitals, stressing the injustice of his incarceration. Multiple applications by Human Rights Watch to return to Gaza and continue work on this case have been denied by the Israeli authorities.

Source: Washington Post April 29, 2018 22:18 UTC