Sleeping in the field and the helicopters: What did Yuval Kogan go through? New details
24 hours after breathing a sigh of relief, friends and family visited the home in Ashkelon • 4-year-old Yuval "received sweets" and shared his experience • The police clarify: there is no suspicion of criminal activity, and the case will be officially closed next week.
24 hours after the Kogan family breathed a sigh of relief with the discovery of 4-year-old Yuval, new details are emerging about the tense day the child spent in the Nitzanim area. The story, which initially seemed like a nightmare for any parent, ended in a miracle thanks to the resourcefulness of young Yuval, who managed to survive alone in the heavy heat.
Yuval told his family that he tried to find his way back home, and when he realized he could not find the path, he decided to act wisely: he made sure to stay in the shade, kept his hat on to protect himself from the sun, and when night fell, he simply fell asleep in the field.
His impressive resourcefulness was evident the moment he saw the man who found him, Noam Simhi, with a horse. Yuval called out to him and explained that he had lost his father, with whom and his two sisters he had gone for a walk. He returned slightly dehydrated, which was expected.
In his first conversations with family members, he described how he saw and heard helicopters circling in the air searching for him throughout the day and night, and even noticed the illumination flares that lit up the sky. He asked his father innocently: "Why didn't you pick me up?"
Since his safe return, the atmosphere of anxiety in the family home in Ashkelon has been replaced by joy and relief. Friends and relatives visited the home during the Sabbath, and Yuval mentioned that "they brought a lot of sweets."
A day of anxiety and rumors
On the investigative level, the police clarify that there is no criminal file, and in fact, one was never opened. After a flurry of rumors and speculations that accompanied the affair during the hours of anxiety, any suspicion of a criminal background or kidnapping was completely ruled out.
As part of the process of concluding the event and with the goal of providing the family with a corrective and pleasant experience, the family members were invited by the police to a special fun day at a hotel next week. In the Southern District of the police, they define this gesture as an official and happy "stamp" for closing the affair.
