but it is not the talk of town like it was with the 3.
The family pressured american officials to create american coverage of this story. (See multiple articles on TLS and the press conference )
The family definitely believed that the Israelis were trying to sweep this under the rug.
Until the American pressure, there was very little Israeli involvement. HaSatmar Rebbe tzadak!
According to Rav Sorotzkin to get the americans off their back they're trying to pin it on the friend.
According to my source, (I only heard this from one guy who was there, and he wasn't clear about this point) he also said that tomorrow they're giving the friend a lie detector test, which will be administered while the boy is starving.