Two Israelis who head Jewish Agency activities in Algeria have been kidnapped by the Algerian rebels and their present whereabouts are unknown, it was revealed today.
Jacob Hassan, director of the Jewish Agency in Algeria, and Raphael Ben Gera, an Israel emissary, were kidnapped February 17 while traveling on a business trip in a taxi driven by an Arab.
French security forces opened a hunt for the kidnapped Israelis but had no report on where the rebels might be holding them or any possible reason for their seizure.
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