Body washed ashore near Zikhron Ya'akov - police open investigation

Citizens reported on Wednesday a body that washed ashore near Zikhron Ya'akov. Police were called to the scene, closed off the area, and began examining the circumstances and identifying the body. A previous case from earlier this year is mentioned, where the body of a man in his 70s was found at Jaffa Port.

Citizens reported on Wednesday a body that washed ashore near Zikhron Ya'akov. Police forces were called to the scene, closed off the area, and began examining the circumstances of the incident along with efforts to identify the body. The article notes that only earlier this year, the body of a man in his 70s was found among the rocks on the second aliyah pier at Jaffa Port, and police and rescue forces worked to extract it. The article includes statements from MDA paramedic Sarah Cohen and emergency medicine medic Ro'i Levantar, who described how they received a report of a man found among rocks in the water, joined security forces who rescued him, and he had no pulse and was not breathing, and after medical examinations they had to determine his death. The circumstances of the current incident are still being investigated.