Drowning

Police identified Yamam fighter Itai Persson as dead diver found in Haifa's Students Beach

According to official statements, Persson went a kilometer into the sea in a kayak with his uncle and didn't manage to return to the surface during one of the free-diving attempts.

Illustrative: Beach in Haifa. August 24, 2026.
A lifeguard patrols North Steyne beach as beaches are closed after recent shark attacks, in Sydney, Australia, January 20, 2026.

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The Scioto River near South Bloomfield, Ohio.

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Magen David Adom stationed at Israel beach.

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Kentucky student missing after swimming accident in Israel

TeNiya Elnora Jones, 19, was swimming in the Mediterranean Sea just fter midnight Saturday with two other students when they got caught up in a strong current.

Israelis stand still at the Tel Aviv beach as the Holocaust Remembrance Day siren is sounded

'Today is D-Day': Rescuers begin mission to extract Thai cave boys

To escape, the children must dive through dark, narrow passageways sometimes no more than two-feet (0.6- meter) wide, that have challenged some of the world’s leading cave divers.

Divers walk inside Tham Luang cave complex, where 12 schoolboys and their soccer coach are trapped inside a flooded cave, in the northern province of Chiang Rai, Thailand, July 7, 2018.

Ashdod mother suspected of murder in drowning of baby

The woman said she had a "divine revelation" in which she believed she was told to baptize the baby.

Ambulance

One month old baby drowns in jacuzzi at southern Israel hotel

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

Magen David Adom ambulances

Man drowns in Jerusalem mikva

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

A mikve, the Jewish ritual bath [Illustrative]