A 13-year-old girl from northern Israel was found without pulse or breathing on Saturday evening after being swept away in the Jordan River near Lhavot HaBashan. Rescue crews were searching for a second missing person in the same area; the girl was declared dead on site.
Rescue crews on Saturday evening recovered the body of a 13-year-old girl who was swept away in the Jordan River near Lhavot HaBashan. The finding came after an earlier report by The Zioneer at 20:44 that a girl had been pulled from the water without pulse or breathing, and that police and rescue teams were still searching for a second missing person in the same area. The girl was pronounced dead on site, and the search for the second missing individual continues as of 20:54 Jerusalem.
The Zioneer first reported the incident at 20:12 Jerusalem, when MDA paramedics confirmed the death of a 13-year-old girl who had drowned in the Jordan River near Beit She'an. Subsequent updates later that evening (all at 20:12 Jerusalem) tracked the expanding search: Fire and Rescue Service divers recovered the body, medical teams officially pronounced her dead, and police confirmed that a second 13-year-old girl was missing. By 20:12, i24NEWS reported that a second victim had been confirmed dead, with a search for a third missing person ongoing. The current update at 20:54 confirms the first girl's body was found near Lhavot HaBashan, and corroborates the earlier reports from The Zioneer and i24NEWS regarding the second missing person (now referred to as a single missing individual).
The drowning occurred in a stretch of the Jordan River popular with local hikers and bathers, though the area is not a designated swimming zone, as The Zioneer reported on Sat 20:44 Jerusalem. The incident follows a separate drowning in a pool in the Hevel Modi'in region earlier this month, which The Zioneer covered on Tue Jun 16, 19:05 Jerusalem, where a 13-year-old girl was seriously injured.
The circumstances of the drowning and the identity of the second missing person remain unclear, and no further details have been released by authorities.
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