Israeli tourist falls to his death in Iceland

Man sustains serious wounds near Selfoss, later dies of injuries; Norway embassy working to transfer body to Israel

A 65-year-old Israeli man was killed Sunday during a trip in Iceland, the Foreign Ministry announced.

The man, who has not been named, sustained serious injuries after a fall near Selfoss and later died of his wounds. The Ynet news website reported that the tourists had been looking at glaciers at the time of the accident.

The victim’s family has been notified. In a statement Monday, the Foreign Ministry said the embassy in Norway was working to bring his body to Israel for burial.

On Saturday, the remains of an Israeli man missing for five days in Uman, Ukraine, were found in a lake.

Authorities said they positively identified the body of Amir Ohana, a 28-year-old Bat Yam resident, who went missing on September 15. Ohama was set to be buried in the Holon cemetery on Monday afternoon.

Ohana was reported missing in Ukraine during the annual Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Uman, where Rabbi Nachman, the founder of the Breslov Hasidic movement, is buried.

The last time anyone heard from Ohana, he was planning to walk to Rabbi Nachman’s grave and seek solitude in the surrounding forests, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. His personal effects were found in the room where he was staying in Uman.

His body was found in a lake near the grave.