Nine Israeli tourists were injured in a jeep accident in Nepal on Sunday, one of them seriously.
The Foreign Ministry confirmed the backpackers were involved in an accident while driving a jeep in the Annapurna Mountain Range in central Nepal.
Eight of them were lightly injured while the ninth, a woman, suffered a head injury, which according to Hebrew media reports was very serious.
The Ynet news site reported that the all-terrain vehicle overturned several times and fell into a gorge.
The Israeli embassy in Nepal was handling the incident along with MAGNUS international search and rescue, insurance companies, and the local Chabad house.
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