The Foreign Ministry says Israel, Greece and Cyprus are cooperating in the search for the Israeli yacht that authorities lost contact with yesterday in stormy weather.
A search and rescue operation is underway for the boat carrying four Israeli men, who had set off from Ashdod last week en route to Cyprus.
According to the Walla news site, the yacht did not transmit a distress signal.
The site says that Greece and Cyprus have diverted vessels to aid in the search. It is unclear what role Israel is taking.
The head of Shibli Umm al-Ghanem council, where three of the men are from, expressed frustration at what he says is a lack of help from the Israeli military.
“No one from the navy or the IDF has spoken to us at all… There are some among them who don’t even know what’s going on,” Hatem Shibli tells Walla. “I have contact with the Foreign Ministry, who are helping. I am in contact with the Northern Police District, who passed on details to Interpol.”
“I personally am very worried,” he says.
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