Search and rescue efforts entered their third day on Saturday night as hundreds of volunteers from multiple organizations continued widescale operations to locate Yisroel Mordechai Stern, 25, of Bnei Brak, who has been missing since Thursday morning.

Stern left his home Thursday and has not been heard from since. According to the nonprofit Alei Siach, which is coordinating search efforts, Stern has special needs and does not communicate with those around him — a factor that has significantly heightened concern for his welfare as the search stretches on.

Since Thursday evening, dozens of volunteers from various rescue organizations have been operating in the field, employing advanced search methods including drone units and additional tracking equipment. Search teams have repeatedly combed open areas, streets, buildings, and other locations where Stern may have gone.

Due to the serious concern for his life, a special halachic ruling was issued permitting search efforts to continue through Shabbos without interruption. Hundreds of bochurim from the Gerrer yeshiva joined the effort over Shabbos, working alongside police forces and United Hatzalah volunteers in extensive searches across multiple areas.

Alei Siach has established a command center on Yarkon Street in Bnei Brak, in cooperation with Israel Police, to centralize search operations and coordinate the hundreds of volunteers involved. The center continues to receive volunteers, brief them, and dispatch teams to the field according to ongoing search needs.

Rescue officials emphasized that every passing hour increases the urgency of the search and the need for broad public mobilization.

Stern is described as approximately 25 years old, around 5’9″ tall, with a light complexion, and wearing glasses with clear frames.

Police and rescue organizations are renewing their call for public vigilance, asking anyone who has seen someone matching this description, or who has any information that could assist in locating him, to contact the Israel Police hotline at 100 immediately.