The two did not make contact with their family members for about a week – who reported them as missing on Tuesday • While the nationalist and criminal concern about them was removed, a gag order was placed on the case • “No direction of investigation has been ruled out,” explained a senior police official, “there are many question marks”

Mali Yahami and her daughter Lial, with whom contact was lost about a week ago while they were staying in Vienna, were recorded on camera after they left the apartment building with their personal belongings – and without another person. In the meantime, the search has expanded to other European countries while estimating that the two are no longer in Austria. A senior official involved in the investigation told “The Central Edition” last night (Thursday) that “the assumption is that the two are alive.” Assessment: This is not a nationalist event.

The investigation is currently being conducted by a joint team of the Vienna police and the economic unit in Blade 433 of the Israel police. It is not clear to the researchers how the two Israeli women disappeared without a trace, when no digital traces of the two were found either.

A senior official in the investigation described: “Our starting point is that they are alive. We have no idea what the motive is. We are checking if this whole incident was planned, that is, if the mother and daughter planned to escape from the country, or if it was a criminal incident by a local gang from Vienna.” According to him, the possibility that this is a nationalist activity is also being examined.

Mali and Liel were last seen in Vienna on Friday about a week ago, and since then they have lost contact. Their family members gave testimony to Lahav investigators and handed them the information they had. The family demands to continue to examine the possibility that this is an incident with a nationalistic background, as long as the two have not been located.

Meli and Lial Yahami | Photo: Embassy of Israel in Vienna

The upheaval in the shares of the Bank of Jerusalem

Mali Yahami, a veteran employee of the Bank of Jerusalem in the retail headquarters. Following rumors of a connection between her work at the bank and her disappearance, the bank’s stock fell by more than 12% in a short time, during the day the decline moderated and fell by 2%.

The Bank of Jerusalem sent an e-mail message to its customers yesterday – in which it was clarified that, contrary to rumors, there is no fear of embezzlement of the customers’ funds by Diamonds. “Following information and rumors that have surfaced recently, and in light of a thorough and in-depth examination carried out by the bank, we wish to clarify unequivocally that there is no fear of embezzlement of Bank of Jerusalem customers’ funds,” the bank claimed. “Customer funds are safe and protected, and are held and managed in accordance with the provisions of the law, the mandatory procedures and the bank’s control systems.”

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