Police arrest 4 suspects while tracking down a kidnapped 7-year-old kid continues

Police arrested four suspects as the search continued Thursday for a seven-year-old boy who had been kidnapped outside his home two days earlier.

The four are scheduled to appear in court in Rishon Lezion on Thursday morning for a hearing to extend their pre-trial detention. The police said that three of the suspects were aged 26, 27 and 41, without giving details of the fourth person.

The development comes after a television report Wednesday night that an agreement had been reached with the kidnappers of Karim Jumhour for his return.

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According to Channel 10, Jumhour is healthy and unscathed, although the police still do not know where he is kept

Karim Jumhour (Courtesy)

On Wednesday, the boy's family said they had received a request Ransom of

"They asked me for 4 million shekels ($ 1,090,000) but I do not want to pay," said Jumhour's father at the Ynet news site. "I'm waiting for the boy to come home safe and sound."

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan tweeted Thursday his concern over kidnapped young

Gilad Erdan, Minister of Public Security, during an interview with the Associated Press. , in his office in Bnei Brak, Israel, October 26, 2017. (Ariel Schalit / AP)

"I personally supervise and oversee the efforts to bring him back to his family and his parents, and the Israeli police will do their utmost his power to make sure he returns safely, "said Erdan. "The kidnapping of a child is a terrible crime and one of the most shocking crimes that exists, and we will not accept such a despicable act."

According to Hadashot, the abduction was allegedly committed by a criminal family on unpaid debts. Other reports from the Hebrew media said it revolved around a financial brawl between the boy's parents.

Jumhour was abducted on Tuesday outside his home in Qalansawe, an Arab town in central Israel.

Dramatic video footage of the incident shows a white car stopping in front of Jumhour's house and asking a question to two young boys. While they respond, a masked man jumps through one of the back doors and pushes Jumhour into the car. The attacker tries to catch the other child, who is out of reach. The vehicle then flees places.

"My wife and the whole family are still in shock," said the boy's father. "We can not understand what happened … It is good that they did not kidnap another child."

Qalansawe Mayor Abdel-Basit Salameh described the incident as "shocking."

"It's impossible to let something like that happen." "At this point, we have no details about the condition of the boy.We are waiting to hear good news.The most important thing is that the boy be fired."

Salameh said the police were constantly searching for the boy and his captors since he was taken away.

Tuesday evening, checkpoints were set up near Baqa al-Gharbiya and Umm al-Fahm in Haifa district

A large number of police forces and a helicopter were involved in the hunt Man