Breaking: IDF soldier kidnapped near Ben Gurion Airport; UPDATED
Israeli authorities said they were investigating reports of the capture of a soldier near Ben Gurion International Airport, in the center of the country, on Thursday.
“The matter is being investigated,” a military spokesperson told Ma’an when asked about the reports.
A previously unknown group calling itself the “Al-Quds Army” claimed responsibility for the reported capture in a statement sent to Ma’an.
“A group of our resistance fighters captured an Israeli soldier near Ben Gurion Airport and withdrew along with the soldier without incident … we will provide details about the captured soldier later,” the statement said.
Reliable Israeli sources also said that a state of security alert prevailed inside Israel in response to a phone call from a soldier who said he had been captured.
Israeli forces have also set up checkpoints on roads leading into major cities, though reports conflict about the nature and intensity of the reported security measures in Israel. Heavy security checks were also imposed on the road linking Tel Aviv to city of Modi’in (part of which, Modi’in Ilit, is a settlement ) causing a traffic jam.
The website of the prominent Israeli newspaper Haaretz said security checks caused severe delays near the airport.
Some Israeli news sites reported the security measures, but said they were the result of a “specific security warning,” the nature of which the Israeli military censor may have banned from publishing.
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