A 38-year-old man is in critical condition after being bitten early on Saturday morning by what is believed to be an Ein Gedi snake in the yard of his home in a community in the Jordan Valley.
Magen David Adom (MDA) paramedics provided him with life-saving medical treatment, which included oxygen and medication, and evacuated him in serious but stable condition to HaEmek Hospital in Afula.
The man reportedly has bite marks on his toe, according to Maariv.
The snake species is likely to be an Atractaspis engaddensis, which is found in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.
A study into this type of snake
A study conducted by Tel Aviv University that was published in 1999 saw one of its authors being bitten by that exact species, saying that the bite concluded in, "Local effects, oedema, erythema and numbness, [which] appeared within minutes, followed by systemic effects, including general weakness, sweating, pallor, fluctuations in the level of consciousness, vomiting, and watery non-bloody diarrhoea."
This kind of snake usually lives and operates almost exclusively underground, which explains its lack of interactions with humans.
Another recent incident involving a snake was a toddler in India, who killed a venomous cobra with a single bite, according to international media.
Govinda Kumar, two, was at home when he noticed the three-foot-long snake and grabbed it.
Danielle Greyman-Kennard contributed to this report.