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Eliyahu Asheri (apprx. 1988 – 25 June 2006) was an Israeli student from the town of Itamar, located in the disputed territories, who was kidnapped, and later murdered, by the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) on June 25, 2006, hours after the kidnapping of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli corporal, that led to Operation Summer Rain. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... To suggest a relevant news story for the Main Page, refer to the criteria then add your suggestion at the candidates page. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) are a Palestinian militant network which operates in the Gaza Strip and are regarded as terrorist organizations by Israel and the United States. ... June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cpl Gilad Shalit Gilad Shalit (born 1986/1987?) is a corporal in the Israel Defense Forces. ... Combatants Israel Defense Forces Popular Resistance Committees, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinian militants Strength 3,000 Unknown Casualties Unknown Unknown Operation Summer Rain (Hebrew: , Operation Summer Rains) is the codename for an Israeli military operation into the Gaza Strip that began on June 28, 2006. ...

Eliyahu was kidnapped on his way from Beitar Illit to Neveh Tzuf, northwest of Ramallah. Betar Illit (ביתר עילית; unofficially also spelled Beitar Illit) is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. ... Ramallah (Arabic: is a Palestinian city in the West Bank of approximately 57,000 residents. ...

On June 28, the group threatened to execute him if Israel did not suspend its Operation Summer Rain into the Gaza Strip, which is in response to the kidnapping of Israel Defense Forces (IDF) corporal Gilad Shalit. Asheri was last seen in the French Hill intersection of Jerusalem. He was a student at the Elisha Yeshiva Academy, a so-called "pre-military yeshiva" in Neveh Tzuf. June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 186 days remaining. ... Combatants Israel Defense Forces Popular Resistance Committees, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Palestinian militants Strength 3,000 Unknown Casualties Unknown Unknown Operation Summer Rain (Hebrew: , Operation Summer Rains) is the codename for an Israeli military operation into the Gaza Strip that began on June 28, 2006. ... The Israel Defense Forces are part of the Israeli Security Forces. ... Cpl Gilad Shalit Gilad Shalit (born 1986/1987?) is a corporal in the Israel Defense Forces. ... French Hill is a neighbourhood in northeastern Jerusalem, apparently named after the British General (later Field Marshall) French. ... Yeshiva or yeshivah (Hebrew: ישיבה pl. ...

On June 27, Abu Abir, the spokesman for the Palestinian Resistance Committees, said "[Asheri] is a soldier in a pre-military academy", and that Asheri would be "butchered in front of TV cameras" if Israel did not meet its demands. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ...

Early on June 29, the IDF confirmed it recovered the body of Asheri which had been buried in an open field near Ramallah, apparently shot to death, and possibly the same day he was abducted. The IDF had been led to the site by the murderer, who had been arrested in an IDF raid earlier the same morning. He was buried the same day in the afternoon on the Mount of Olives Jewish cemetery in Jerusalem. June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ... The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Hebrew: Har HaZeitim הר הזיתים, sometimes Jebel et-Tur, Mount of the Summit, or Jebel ez-Zeitun, Mount of Olives) is a mountain ridge to the east of Jerusalem. ... Jerusalem (Hebrew: Yerushalayim; Arabic: al-Quds; Greek Ιεροσόλυμα; Latin Aelia Capitolina) is an ancient Middle Eastern city on the watershed between the Mediterranean Sea and the Dead Sea at an elevation of 650-840 meters. ...

External links

• Debkafile report on abduction
• Terrorists Threaten to Butcher Kidnapped Teenager on TV
• IDF confirms PRC report of Eliyahu Asheri's death
• Israel finds body of missing settler