The Israel Defense Forces said on Thursday that it had located a group of Israelis who lost contact for several hours after entering a village under Palestinian Authority control in Samaria.
“Following searches and a joint multi-agency intelligence effort by the Israeli security forces in the area of Mukhmas, all of the civilians were located, and the concern of a security incident was ruled out,” the military stated.
Earlier on Thursday, security forces were dispatched to the area after receiving a report that several Israeli civilians who had entered the Arab village had lost contact.
The group consisted of ultra-Orthodox Jews who apparently entered Mukhmas to pray at graves of tzadikim (“righteous Jews”) in the area, according to Hebrew media reports.
