While declared missing, Yuri tried to flee the country by swimming from Eilat to Aqaba

Yuri Komar, a 44-year-old resident of Ashdod who was declared missing, attempted to flee Israel by swimming from Eilat to Aqaba in Jordan. He was arrested and returned to Israel, ending the search for him about two weeks after he was last seen.

Yuri Komar, a 44-year-old resident of Ashdod who had been declared missing, was found under unusual circumstances: he attempted to flee Israel by swimming across the Gulf of Eilat toward Aqaba in Jordan. Komar was last seen on August 3 in Ashdod, and the police launched a search for him, even publishing a public notice asking for assistance in locating him. The suspicion that he was in Eilat turned out to be correct, but from there he tried to cross the maritime border to Jordan. The exit attempt was thwarted, Komar was arrested and returned to Israel, ending the search about two weeks after he was last seen.