Background
Guy was born in Nahariya, Israel on 30 May 1977.
Guy was born in Nahariya, Israel on 30 May 1977.
Hever, a soldier in the Israeli Army, has been missing since August 17, 1997. He was last seen on his army base at 9:30 Department of Administration and Management on the Golan Heights, dressed in his army fatigues, carrying his weapon, a Galil Arkansas, his military disk and his international military identification papers (Geneva Convention Card). The area was searched thoroughly but even until today there is still no clue to what happened to him.
Mr.
David Dadon, previous Israeli Ambassador in Jordan, wrote on July 24, 2001: "After thoroughly studying the case, we decided to center our efforts in mobilizing humanitarian international organizations and high-level friendly personalities to help us check the possibility of Guy Hever being incarcerated in a Syrian jail. We believe that this effort towards the Syrian authorities must continue. Any further help from International Organization and people of good will is most welcome and will contribute to maintain our efforts to find the young Israeli soldier."
On February 13, 2007, a Syrian organization calling itself "The Resistance Committees for the Release of the Golan Heights" claimed to be holding Hever.
The credibility of the statement is in doubt, since it came ten years after Hever"s disappearance.
Army officials said at the time that the Israel Defense Forces was investigating the claim, although it stated that this was not the first time that an organization claimed to have Hever in captivity. In July 2009, Rina Hever, said that she met with Israel"s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In August 2009, Rina Hever also met with Israel"s Foreign Ministry director general Yossi Gallon In the end of July 2009, Israel launched a quiet diplomatic campaign in an attempt to ascertain the whereabouts of Hever.
Israel passed a message along to Syria via Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in which Jerusalem communicated its desire to obtain any information that Syria may possess on Hever.
While it is not clear if the soldier is in Syria, the move represents a significant change in Israel"s official policy in the case. The goal of the campaign is to determine whether Syria can provide information on Hever"s fate.