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Illustrative: Medics at the scene of a drowning at Kibbutz Yifat in August 2019. (Magen David Adom)
September 27, 2019, 8:04 pm
2-year-old dies after drowning in Ra’anana family pool
Toddler rushed to a hospital in Kfar Saba, but doctors forced to declare him dead despite efforts to resuscitate him
By TOI staff
David Greehholtz (Screencapture/Channel 13)
September 21, 2019, 9:53 am
Israeli dies in Mexico while saving son from drowning
David Greenholtz was reportedly walking along the boardwalk in Los Cabos with his son when they were swept out to sea by a large wave
By TOI staff and AP
Illustrative: Israelis swim at an unauthorized beach in Tel Aviv. (photo credit: Gili Yaari/Flash90)
September 4, 2019, 4:40 am
Tourist drowns off Herzliya beach
Man pulled out of the water by beach-goers; resuscitation efforts fail; woman with him hospitalized
By TOI staff
Illustrative: The port of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, July 27, 2014. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 24, 2019, 9:38 pm
Foreign worker dies after falling from boat docked Ashdod port
Rescue divers draw Chinese man’s lifeless body of out water
By TOI staff
Illustrative image of police boats searching Greenwood Lake for missing swimmers on Nov. 15, 2009 in Greenwood Lake, New York. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey)
August 20, 2019, 10:42 pm
NY rabbi drowns after jumping in lake to save his children
Authorities recover body of David Traub, 38, who went missing in Greenwood Lake after helping his 2 sons return to safety
By AP and TOI staff
Rescue forces searching for a swimmer who went missing in the sea off Tel Aviv on August 20, 2019. (Flash90)
August 20, 2019, 12:02 pm
Body of swimmer swept away from Tel Aviv beach found
Police and others conducted major search operation after ultra-Orthodox father from Jerusalem went missing during late-night dip
By Stuart Winer
Illustrative: a pool in Eilat, February 15, 2018.(Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 9, 2019, 6:13 am
Toddler dies in hospital, 10 days after falling into family pool
18-month-old boy from southern town of Netivot pronounced dead in Soroka Medical Center; 10 children have drowned in Israel this year
By TOI staff
Illustrative. The bay of Vai in Crete, Greece. (CC BY, Wikimedia)
August 1, 2019, 1:38 pm
7-year-old Israeli girl drowns in hotel pool in Crete
Local authorities said investigating whether lifeguard was present; child reportedly fell off water slide
By TOI staff
False Cape State Park, Virginia Beach, Va., September 2005. (CC BY-SA 3.0 Wikipedia)
July 15, 2019, 12:59 am
Police find body believed to be US rabbi who jumped in ocean to save student
Reuven Bauman ‘acted heroically’ when he plunged into choppy Virginia waters after youngster struggled to return to shore in area where swimming is prohibited
By TOI staff
Illustrative -- A US Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew conducts a hoist demonstration with a Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco-Forward Operating Base Point Mugu MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew in the Port of Los Angeles, on March 21, 2019 (Seaman Ryan Estrada/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
July 11, 2019, 11:12 am
US Coast Guard calls off search for rabbi who jumped in ocean to save student
Reuven Bauman ‘acted heroically’ when he plunged into choppy Virginia waters after youngster struggled to return to shore in area where swimming is prohibited
By TOI staff and JTA
The marina in the southern Israeli city of Eilat. December 20, 2012. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
July 2, 2019, 4:57 pm
Teenager drowns after jumping off boat near Eilat
18-year-old was attending pre-army draft party when a group decided to jump into the water; scuba divers find him 15 meters underwater without a pulse
By TOI staff
Illustrtive photo of a swimming pool (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
June 28, 2019, 12:18 pm
Toddler dies two days after near-drowning in Etzion Bloc pool
Health Ministry launches campaign to raise awareness of safety while bathing, amid two-year rise in drownings of children
By TOI staff
First responders arrive to try to resuscitate a 4-year-old who drowned in a pool in northern Israel, June 9, 2019. (MDA)
June 9, 2019, 5:23 pm
Two children in critical condition after separate drowning incidents
Doctors fight to save the lives of a 4 and 8 year-old, who were rushed to hospitals after emergency medics managed to resuscitate them at the scenes in Rosh Pina and Tel Aviv
By TOI staff
Naval police conduct search for teen missing at the Sea of Galilee on April 25, 2019 (Police Spokesperson's Unit)
April 25, 2019, 11:03 am
19-year-old from Jerusalem drowns in Sea of Galilee
Young man entered the water Thursday morning at a beach without a lifeguard; police recover his body after wide-ranging search
By TOI staff
The Beersheba District Court on May 13, 2015 (Flash90)
April 14, 2019, 3:56 pm
Unfit to stand trial, woman committed for 25 years for drowning 4-year-old son
Court rules mother not responsible for her actions in killing the child in February in Eilat, will receive psychiatric treatment
By TOI staff
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