Previously missing Israelis Mali, Liel Yahalomi due to land at Ben-Gurion Airport from Athens

Jerusalem Post/Israel NewsThe Yahalomis are on board a flight that departed from Athens, Greece.Follow us on GoogleMali and Liel Yahalomi, an Israeli mother and daughter, pictured after they were found on a bus in Argentina on August 14, 2026.(photo credit: ISRAEL POLICE SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)OCTOBER 7, 2026 15:20Updated: OCTOBER 7, 2026 15:38Mali and Liel Yahalomi, who were previously announced as missing abroad before being located in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in August, are due to land at Ben-Gurion Airport on Wednesday afternoon, Maariv learned.The Yahalomis are on board a flight that departed from Athens, Greece, the report noted.Mali, 50, and her daughter Liel, 23, were found in Argentina on August 14, Israel Police confirmed at the time, after going missing one week earlier in Vienna, Austria.The two did not arrive for their return flight, which was scheduled to depart Prague at 9:45 p.m.They were found on an intercity bus in the Argentine capital.Israeli Embassy in Vienna published an infographic asking for assistance in locating two Israelis last seen in Austria, August 2026. (credit: ISRAELI EMBASSY IN VIENNA)They left Israel for Prague, continued to Vienna, apparently traveled through Frankfurt, and eventually reached Buenos Aires.Two Iranians arrested in Namibia claimed to be Israeli, initially misidentified as YahalomisMeanwhile, two Iranian women arrested in Namibia after claiming to be Israeli were initially misidentified in Wednesday media reports as the Yahalomis.The two women were arrested after being found with fake Hungarian passports and claiming to be Israeli. After the passports were determined to be fraudulent, Namibian authorities contacted Israel’s Consulate in South Africa to verify the women’s identities.Rabbi Yosef Rahimi, the Chabad Lubavitch emissary in Namibia, told Walla that he immediately realized the two women were Iranian when he met them at the police station. Jerusalem Post Staff, Yoav Etiel, and Efrat Forsher contributed to this report.Follow us on Google