Missing man in Jaffa drowning incident found alive on beach

Officers have found a man who went missing after two people were killed at sea off the coast of Jaffa earlier this evening.

He is alive and well, police say, after locating him on Aliyah Beach.

Police received a report of five people in danger at sea earlier this evening after four men, all part of the same family from East Jerusalem, attempted to rescue someone drowning in the water.

The rescuers soon found themselves in danger as they set out to save the man, amid high waves and turbulent winds. One of them was swept away into the sea, where he was reportedly hit by the propeller of a police boat.

Both the man hit by a propeller and the drowning man died, police and medics say.

Law enforcement officials say they are probing the “possibility that one of them was injured by the propeller of the marine police boat, due to the high waves at the time.”

Two others, a 13-year-old and a 19-year-old, were injured but managed to make it back to shore. Paramedics found both outside of water, bleeding and suffering from limb injuries. They were taken to the hospital for further treatment.

The Israel Port Authority has launched an investigation into the incident, police say.