US journalist Austin Tice was kidnapped from a checkpoint while covering the civil war in Syria in 2012. There is no information about the fate of Tice, whose video was released by armed men after a certain time.
LETTER FROM THE FAMILY TO NETANYAHU
According to the news in Axios, Tice’s mother, Debra Tice, wrote a letter to Netanyahu about her son’s situation.
In Tice’s letter, the mother stated that she had “reliable information” that her son might be held in a prison near Damascus.
NETANYAHU: REST IN PEACE
For this reason, Tice asked Netanyahu to not launch airstrikes on places where his son might be.
Axios included the letter that Netanyahu reportedly wrote in response to mother Tice.
“Rest assured that Israel and its intelligence agencies are in full coordination with the relevant American authorities on the matter and that the Israeli military is not active in the area where Austin is located,” Netanyahu wrote in the letter. he said.
HE WAS KIDNAPPED IN SYRIA
Austin Tice was kidnapped at a checkpoint near Damascus on August 14, 2012, while covering the Syrian civil war as a freelance journalist.
After a while, a video was released showing Tice being held blindfolded by an armed and unidentified group, but no one has claimed responsibility for his kidnapping to date.
The US State Department held direct negotiations with Syrian officials in 2022 to rescue Tice, but so far no clear information has been revealed regarding the location and status of the US journalist.
Source: AA