Orthodox rabbis have been told that there is no problem with including the name of a Druze serviceman among prayers for Israel's missing soldiers.
Rabbi Julian Shindler, director of rabbinic liaison in the Office of the Chief Rabbi, emailed rabbis to say that they can mention Majdy Halabi, who disappeared five years ago.
Private Halabi's case had been taken up by Gideon Barth, from the Beth Hamidrash Hagadol Synagogue in Leeds, who was troubled at the omission of his name from the prayer for missing soldiers.
The Druze villager is one of seven soldiers officially listed as missing by the Israeli government.
