4 July 2012
At approximately 6:00 am on Wednesday 4 July 2012, unknown gunmen riding in a white jeep with black windows kidnapped Mohammad A‘shour Hussein Ash-Shanbari, 55.
He was taken from his home in Beit Hanoun, North Gaza district, to an unknown location.
Ash-Shanbari is a retired soldier of the Presidential Security Apparatus (Force 17), which is currently inactive in Gaza.