Bank of Jerusalem TASE shares drop – due to Mali’s disappearance?

The Rishon LeZion Magistrate’s Court issued a gag order on the investigation Thursday night, prohibiting the publication of any details concerning the disappearance of Mali and Liel Yahalomi. The order will remain in effect until September 13 and was issued at the request of Lahav 433.

On Wednesday evening, the investigation was transferred to Lahav 433. Police are operating two command posts, in Israel and abroad, around the clock under the direction of Police Commissioner Danny Levy.

The defense establishment currently believes that the disappearance of the mother and daughter during a trip to Europe was not nationally motivated. Three Israeli sources familiar with the investigation said extensive intelligence checks had been conducted in recent days to examine the possibility of involvement by terrorist or hostile elements. According to the emerging assessment, there are currently no indications that the incident involved a pro-Palestinian or Iranian cell.

Vienna police said there is “no indication of criminal activity” in the case. This suggests that investigators currently have no indication that the two were abducted and that they may have left the location of their own accord. Authorities are also examining whether the two obtained a significant amount of cash.

Nevertheless, the investigation has been transferred to the highest levels of the Vienna police, and all possible lines of inquiry continue to be examined, including those that currently appear less likely.

Earlier, it was reported that phone location data obtained by police in Israel and Austria indicates that the two women, who observe Shabbat, were last located during Shabbat in the vicinity of the city’s train station, an open area that includes, among other things, a municipal park. Investigators suspect that location data may have been deleted from their mobile phones.

Overnight, the family of Mali and Liel Yahalomi sharply criticized the latest reports and briefings issued by police and investigative officials.

In a statement, the family said: “We view with great severity the briefings disseminated in recent hours, which create the impression among the public that a conclusion has already been reached regarding the circumstances of Mali and Liel’s disappearance. The family possesses information that substantially contradicts some of the claims that appeared in the reports.”

According to the family, based on information provided to them by police, there was no unusual activity in the women’s bank accounts.

“We make it unequivocally clear that, at this stage, there is no basis for ruling out the possibility of a nationally motivated terror incident,” the family said.

CEO of the Bank of Jerusalem, Yair Kaplan, where Mali worked, addressed employees in a letter regarding her disappearance. According to him, “Other than the fact that she is a bank employee, no connection has been found between the incident and the bank.”

Kaplan emphasized that a gag order has been imposed on the incident and that it is forbidden to share information about the case.