The Popular Resistance Committee claims it kidnapped Eliyahu Asheri (pictured) of Itamar, who has been missing since Sunday. The 18-year-old was last seen hitchhiking alone.
Although the Palestinians haven’t provided conclusive proof that they are holding Asheri, the Jerusalem Post explains that Israeli authorities are taking the claim seriously because the PRC statement referred to the teen’s middle name, Pinchas, which wasn’t revealed to the public. The PRC threatens to kill Asheri if the IDF doesn’t halt it’s incursion into the Gaza Strip to rescue Cpl. Gilad Shalit.
UPDATE: Haaretz reports that the PRC displayed Asheri’s identity card at a Gaza press conference.
