On August 5, 1993, Hamas militants abducted and later killed Israeli soldier Yaron Chen. The attack On Thursday, August 5, 1993, the 20-year-old private Yaron Chen, who was on his way home from a military base, was hitchhiking at the Rama intersection near East Jerusalem. Chen was picked up by a white Fiat van with an Israeli license plate. Another soldier reported seeing Chen struggling with three Palestinians who drove a white Fiat car. Chen was shot dead shortly afterwards while struggling with his abductors. Hamas publicized its abduction and killing of Chen. Chen's body was found before dawn in the burnt-out charred white Fiat van in the village of Beitunia in the West Bank. Conviction of assailant; release in Shalit exchange Fahed Sabri Barhan al-Shaludi was originally sentenced to a life sentence. On October 18, 2011, he was released to Gaza as part of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. See also 2014 kidnapping and murder of Israeli teenagers, by Hamas Abduction and killing of Nachshon Wachsman, by Hamas Kidnapping and murder of Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon, by Hamas Kidnapping and murder of Nissim Toledano, by Hamas List of kidnappings List of solved missing person cases References 1990s missing person cases 1993 in Israel August 1993 events in Asia Deaths by firearm in the West Bank Formerly missing people Israeli people taken hostage Missing person cases in Israel