Tel Aviv professor who went missing for a week dies, hospital says

Professor Nurit Yaari, who was hospitalized after being missing for more than a week, has died after her ordeal, Ichilov Medical Center says.

The 78-year-old theater professor was found in serious condition under a bridge at Tel Aviv’s Ayalon River on Monday, according to Hebrew media reports.

According to Hebrew-language media, Yaari had spent days under the bridge after she was last seen on security footage walking in the streets of Tel Aviv, seemingly disoriented.

She is thought not to have eaten or drunk since she went missing from Ichilov Medical Center on October 26 after accompanying her husband, who had fallen and hit his head.

The visually impaired professor had left her home without her glasses and was last seen on security cameras on a street close to the hospital.