Police launched a massive search for a teenage boy who was seen being dragged out to sea by a strong current off the Mediterranean coast at Jisr az-Zarqa, north of Caesarea.
The late-Saturday search included local police and a helicopter.
The youth was not identified by authorities.
In a separate incident, the body of a man was recovered from outlying surf breakers off a Haifa beach on Saturday. The man has not been officially identified, but officials said they believed he was a tourist who went missing at the beach on Tuesday.
Also Saturday, a man was lightly hurt in a shooting near a gas station at Mesubim Junction, on Route 4 southeast of Tel Aviv.
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The victim was taken to Tel Hashomer Hospital, and police have launched an investigation into the incident.
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