Guy Hever
Photo: Shaul Golan
Search for missing soldier Guy Hever renewed again
Navy divers will search for Hever, who disappeared 18 years ago, in water reservoirs near his army base in the Golan Heights.
Eighteen years after IDF soldier Guy Hever disappeared, special Navy teams have recently renewed the search for the Artillery Corps soldier, this time at large water reservoirs in the Golan Heights.
Decision was made to search the water reservoirs near Katzrin, not far from the base Hever served in, after searches conducted over the past two years in open areas in the southern Golan Heights and near the Kinneret found nothing.
The IDF's Missing Persons Unit also recently searched the central Golan Heights area, including the pumping of sewage water from sewage treatment pools in the area, but once again came up empty handed.
Guy Hever, left, and one of the water reservoirs in the Golan (Photo: Avihu Shapira)
Guy Hever's family was informed of the renewed search effort, which started last week.
As part of the latest search efforts, divers from the IDF's Underwater Missions Unit are searching through three water reservoirs: El-Sheikh, Had Nes and Katzrin.
The IDF is also looking through aerial photographs, both current ones and from the late 90s, to ensure there are no other water reservoirs left from the time Hever disappeared.
Troops searching for Hever in the Golan Heights in 2011 (Photo: Avihu Shapira)
On August 17, 1997, Guy Hever left his army base in the Golan Heights at 9:30am, carrying his weapon. He has since disappeared and there has been no clue as to his whereabouts.
Shortly after Hever's disappearance, searches were conducted of the water reservoirs near the base, but they focused on the surface area. This time, the Navy divers are expected to search deeper levels of the reservoirs using advanced search measures.
In addition to Hever, there are four other missing IDF soldiers, but the efforts to find them are more focused on intelligence and diplomacy: IAF navigator Ron Arad, and three soldiers who went missing after the Battle of Sultan Yacoub in Lebanon on June 12, 1982: Zechariah Baumel, Tzvi Feldman, and Yehuda Katz.
