The Greek child welfare organization “The Smile of the Child” has issued an urgent public alert for two young Palestinian siblings, a 7-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy, who were abducted from Belgium by their father and are now believed to be in Greece.
According to Belgian authorities, the children were taken on July 4.
The father is reported to have traveled by ferry from Italy and arrived at the Greek port of Patras on the morning of July 7.
The missing children have been identified as Shaheen Ranim, age 7, and Shaheen Wasim, age 11.
The girl, Ranim, is described as being approximately 1.30 meters tall, with brown hair and grey-green eyes. She was last seen wearing pajamas and grey shoes and was not wearing her prescription glasses.
Her brother, Wasim, is approximately 1.40 meters tall, with brown hair and brown eyes.
He was last seen wearing pajamas and red-and-white shoes.
The alert was issued in Greece at the request of the Belgian partner organization “Child Focus,” as part of a coordinated effort through the European Federation for Missing Children.
Authorities are urging anyone with information on the children’s whereabouts to immediately contact “The Smile of the Child” on the 24-hour European Hotline for Missing Children at 116000, or to report it to any police station in the country.