Drowning

Drowning rates surge to 350% from 2025, org. tells Knesset committee last week

Since the data was presented, an additional three teenagers died drowning; one boy in Kibbutz Palmachim, and two girls in the Jordan River.

|ByYUVAL BAGNO
Magen David Adom stationed at Israel beach.
Vacationers enjoy swimming at the beach of Le Bourget lake in Le Bourget-du-Lac, central eastern France, on August 8, 2025.

France reports 40 drowning deaths during severe heatwave

A deadly heatwave in France has led to around 40 drowning deaths as people seek relief in unsafe swimming spots, officials said on Tuesday.

|ByREUTERS
Zaka volunteers

Issachar Dov Spiegel pronounced dead after Netanya drowning, brother still missing

Rescuers from the Lehava unit under the Central District Command are leading the operation, assisted by ZAKA volunteers and additional special units.

|ByHODAYA RAN
Uriah Sarusi, the IDF reservist who drowned in the Jordan River on March 24, 2024.

IDF reservist drowns in Jordan River in attempt to save his son

The man was identified as Uriah Sarusi, a resident of Samaria and father of eight.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS

One month old baby drowns in jacuzzi at southern Israel hotel

The drowning marks the second deadly incident in the span of a month.

APRIL 2, 2018ByLIDAR GRAVÉ-LAZI
Magen David Adom ambulances

Man drowns in Jerusalem mikva

The circumstances of the man's drowning are still unknown.

OCTOBER 23, 2017ByUDI SHAHAM
A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]