Mengistu (left) in an artwork at Hostages Square, December 2023
Born
1986 (age 37–38)
Ethiopia
Disappeared
7 September 2014 Gaza strip
Nationality
Israeli
Avraham "Avera" Mengistu[1][2] (Hebrew: אברה מנגיסטו, born 1986) is an Ethiopian-born Israeli man who crossed into Gaza on September 7, 2014. He was abducted and interrogated by Hamas, and has been missing since then.[3] His family has stated that he is mentally unstable and had been admitted to a mental hospital in the past. He had been treated with medication, which he stopped taking a few weeks prior to his crossing.[4]
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^"Two Israelis missing after disappearing into Gaza, one being held by Hamas". Haaretz. July 9, 2015.
^"Hamas official: Mengistu isn't mentally unstable, captured during Gaza war". Haaretz. July 17, 2015.
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