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Shark recently seen off Israeli coast apparently caught in Gaza

By Nurit Yohanan 17 October 2025, 4:55 pm
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Nurit Yohanan is The Times of Israel's Palestinian and Arab world correspondent

Footage from Palestinian media shows Gazans crowding around a shark on a beach in the Strip, apparently the whale shark that has been seen off the Israeli coast in recent weeks.

It is unclear whether the shark was hunted or washed up on the beach.

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