Israeli journalists wait outside the Israeli president office in the Israeli president house in Jerusalem,Tuesday,27 June 2006. Photo by Pierre Terdjman / Flash90

Myriam Asheri (r) with her daughter Ayuta speak with press in the West bank settlement of Itamar,Wednesday 28 June 2006.Eliyahu Asheri, 18 from the settlement of Itamar who has been missing since Sunday has been kidnapped as claimed by Palestinian militants. Security forces were checking reports that a dead body was found in Ramallah. Military sources said that the assumption is based on certain information that they have received from the Palestinian side in recent hours. Nevertheless, the sources stressed, there is as yet no unequivocal intelligence upon which to base this conclusion.Photo by Pierre Terdjman / Flash90