The body of a man found on Hof Chofit beach in Ashkelon has been identified as a 39-year-old Moldovan national, according to Israeli authorities.
The body of the man found on Hof Chofit beach in Ashkelon has been identified as a 39-year-old Moldovan national, Israeli authorities confirmed Sunday morning. The identification follows a series of developments that began Saturday evening, when The Zioneer first reported a large-scale search for a missing person who had entered the water. In subsequent reports published that same evening, the desk noted that the missing man had been found dead, and later that police had officially confirmed the discovery of the body.
Prior to this incident, on July 17, Magen David Adom reported a separate drowning at an Ashkelon beach, in which a man in his 50s was evacuated in critical condition to Barzilai Medical Center, as The Zioneer reported at the time.
Circumstances of the man's death remain under investigation, with authorities yet to release further details on the drowning or possible contributing factors.
7 developments
- DevelopingMan in critical condition after being pulled from water at Ashkelon beach — MDA
- StrongUnconscious man rescued from water off Haifa beach, evacuated in critical condition
- DevelopingMan drowns off Nahariya coast despite rescue effort
- DevelopingMan, 25, drowns off Rishon LeZion coast — second such event on the same beach this evening
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