Clip shows Lev Tahor spokesman lauding IDF efforts to minimize civilian casualties, months before group, which includes Israelis, began heading to Islamic Republic from Guatemala

Relatives ask Israel, US to intervene as extremist Lev Tahor members seek to leave Guatemala for Iraq, apparently en route to Islamic Republic

Local and US police raid community to nab brothers Shmiel and Yoel Weingarten, wanted in NY for child kidnapping, exploitation; unconfirmed reports of gunfire during operation

Five leaders of the fanatical ultra-Orthodox group, now located in Guatemala, are facing charges relating to the arranged marriage of a 12-year-old to an 18-year-old, among others

Yaakov Weinstein reportedly detained on suspicion of kidnapping children; group has faced similar charges in past

Elazar Rompler, charged with beating kids while he was principal of Lev Tahor school in Canada, flies to Guatemala, despite order banning him from leaving the country

Sect members swore allegiance to Khamenei last year, according to documents filed in US court ahead of kidnap, child abuse trial

Lev Tahor adherents accused of conspiring to abduct grandchildren of sect's founder after their mother fled the extremist group

5 senior members of fringe Jewish group charged for conspiring to kidnap two children from their mother and return them to secretive community