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Police search for missing girl in 'one of the most shocking cases in Israel's history'
By Roni Singer-Heruti, Jonathan Lis and Revital Barkai, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: missing child, israel, police

Police on Sunday asked the public for help in their search for 4-year-old Rose, who disappeared from her home in Netanya three months ago.

While a gag order remains in place on most details of the case, police lifted the veil slightly to issue their plea for the public's help, saying they feared for the girl's life.

They described the missing child as thin, about 80 centimeters tall, with blue eyes and brownish-blond hair. Anyone with information about her whereabouts is requested to call the police unit in charge of the search at 08-927-9466 or 08-927-9575, or else to contact their local police station.
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Sunday's public appeal follows two weeks in which hundreds of police officers have been searching for Rose in various locations. Investigators from the Central District police's central unit have dropped all their other cases to focus exclusively on this one, which one termed "one of the most shocking in the country's history."

"I've handled a large number of investigations before now, but I have trouble remembering another investigation that turned all of our stomachs, one in which investigators left briefings with tears in their eyes," said Commander Avi Neuman, who heads the central unit.

One neighbor described Rose as "always looking sickly. She was solitary, barely knew how to speak or play and never smiled."

Four-year-old S., however, had a different view of the girl he described as his "best friend," recalling: "We liked to play together a lot, especially hide and seek. But she was always the one who counted," rather than the one who hid.

His father, R., who described Rose as practically a member of the family, also disagreed strongly with the first neighbor. "She was a very healthy girl ¬ happy, with wise eyes and great beauty," he said. "It's frightening to think about what could happen to her."

R. acknowledged that neither Rose nor S. had "well-developed language skills." But despite this, "it was astonishing to see how the two of them managed," he said.

"I feel bad for my little boy, who already, at such a young age, has learned what it is to lose a friend," R. added. "We're trying to explain to him what it means to 'get lost.' We tell him to stay close to us, not to go far and not to go off with strangers. We say that sometimes, you can't even know about your neighbor and his intentions."

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