{"id":56981,"date":"2026-02-23T15:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/police-confirm-remains-found-in-jerusalem-woods-belong-to-finnish-tourist\/23\/02\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:27:41","slug":"police-confirm-remains-found-in-jerusalem-woods-belong-to-finnish-tourist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/police-confirm-remains-found-in-jerusalem-woods-belong-to-finnish-tourist\/23\/02\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Police confirm remains found in Jerusalem woods belong to Finnish tourist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Children walking in the woods outside of Pisgat Ze&#8217;ev on Friday before Shabbat found the bones and showed them to one of their fathers, who called the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Israel Police on Monday confirmed that the human remains found earlier this month outside of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/indictment-filed-against-jerusalem-man-000041461.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jerusalem;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jerusalem<\/a> belong to a missing Finnish tourist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The family has been notified.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last week, children walking in the woods outside of Pisgat Ze&#8217;ev found the bones and showed them to one of their fathers, who called the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/over-200-arrested-guns-explosives-112129902.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:police;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_5ae99lhek5elubsnoqdbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_5ae99lhek5elubsnoqdbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_5ae99lhek5elubsnoqdbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Searching the area, police also found a foreign passport, which has been linked to a Finnish tourist who went missing in March 2024.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>A Finnish flag flies over the City Hall in Helsinki, Finland, February 10, 2024. (credit: REUTERS\/Tom Little\/File Photo)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Finnish tourist last seen in Jerusalem hostel<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The tourist, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/finnish-fm-visits-jerusalem-first-031601876.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Finnish;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Finnish<\/a> citizen, arrived in Israel in January 2024 and was last seen on March 10, 2024, in a hostel in central Jerusalem, where she had been staying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Police took the bone remnants to the Institute of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/tags\/forensic-medicine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Forensic Medicine;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Forensic Medicine<\/a> for further identification as to origin and cause of death.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/police-confirm-remains-found-jerusalem-200645165.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Children walking in the woods outside of Pisgat Ze&rsquo;ev on Friday before Shabbat found the bones and showed them to one of<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/police-confirm-remains-found-in-jerusalem-woods-belong-to-finnish-tourist\/23\/02\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/jerusalem_post_articles_818\/812199d922198ee4a5e57fff7a7c3fc7","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56981"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}