Young man drowns at Bat Yam beach in Mediterranean tragedy

A 25-year-old man has drowned off the coast of Bat Yam, a coastal town south of Tel Aviv, in a tragedy that unfolded on Friday morning. Emergency services received a call at 06:24 local time reporting that a man had been pulled from the water near Jerusalem Beach in Bat Yam. Paramedics and first responders from Magen David Adom (Israel’s national ambulance service) attended the scene but were unable to revive him. The man was pronounced dead at the location. The incident marks another drowning fatality on Israel’s Mediterranean coast, where water safety remains a persistent concern during the summer months. Authorities have not yet released further details about the circumstances surrounding the drowning or whether lifeguards were present at the beach at the time of the incident.

Source: Walla News — Original article in Hebrew.