Central District Police officers from the Yavne station launched a large-scale search for a missing teen at Palmachim beach Wednesday evening. Dozens of officers, volunteers, and local authority personnel are involved, operating from land and sea. A third teen was reportedly swept out to sea in a nearby unmarked beach area earlier this afternoon — two were rescued unharmed, and the search for the third continues.
At approximately 18:00 Jerusalem, Yavne station police launched a large-scale search for the missing teen at Palmachim beach, now involving dozens of officers, volunteers, and local authority personnel operating from land and sea.
This development follows earlier reports The Zioneer has been tracking since 17:55. Initial reports Wednesday afternoon mentioned a flare sighting and a water rescue; by 17:55 two versions emerged — one quoting Israeli media saying one teen was rescued and one remained missing, and a simultaneous MDA report confirming three teens were involved, with two rescued unharmed and a search underway for the third. The search effort has now been formally expanded by police.
As The Zioneer reported on 18:01, MDA confirmed the two rescued teens did not require medical treatment. The Palestinian circumstances surrounding the earlier flare report and the exact location of the unmarked beach area remain unclear.
What remains open: the identity and condition of the missing teen have not been released; police have not stated whether the three incidents — the flare sighting, the rescue of two, and the current search — are connected, nor have they provided a timeline for when the teen was last seen.
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