Man, 30, drowns in the Sea of Galilee

Victim entered the water very early Thursday morning in Tiberias and did not return

A man takes a swim in the Sea of Galilee (photo credit: Yaakov Nahumi/Flash90)
A man takes a swim in the Sea of Galilee (photo credit: Yaakov Nahumi/Flash90)

A 30-year-old man drowned in the Sea of Galilee under unknown circumstances very early Thursday morning. Police said that no criminal activity was suspected in the incident.

The man evidently entered the water along the Tiberias boardwalk a little before 1 a.m. and did not return. A friend alerted the police, and the body was found at around 5 a.m. by a police search team and recovered by ZAKA divers.

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