flash floods

Survivors of the flash flood that killed 10 teens in southern Israel in April 2018 return to the site of the deadly hike (Screenshot/Hadashot news)

June 30, 2018, 3:44 am

Survivors of deadly flash flood return to complete hike, pay tribute to victims

Schoolmates come back two months after 10 teens were killed when the pre-military academy that organized the hike ignored warnings of flooding in the Dead Sea region

By TOI staff

Military helicopters search for missing teens swept away in the flooding of the Tzafit River, a riverbed near the Dead Sea in southern Israel, on April 26, 2018. (Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)

June 28, 2018, 2:37 pm

Report: Despite flood deaths, pre-military schools may not see tighter oversight

Committee set up to investigate Tzafit disaster, in which 10 died, said not to force academies to adhere to Education Ministry's situation room during field trips

By TOI staff

People seen outside the Bnei Zion pre-military academy in Tel Aviv, from which 10 youths were killed in a flash flood in the Judean Desert, on April 27, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/ Flash90)

June 7, 2018, 7:26 pm

Academy that organized fatal hike closing for year to ‘start over’

Board of Bnei Zion urges pre-army school to rebuild public trust with 'transparency' after 10 teens killed by flash floods during a school trip in April

By TOI staff

Yuval Kahan. (Courtesy: Bnei Zion pre-military academy)

May 13, 2018, 4:43 pm

Police recommend academy head, counselor be charged over flood disaster

Bnei Zion academy director could be charged with negligent homicide while counselor could face harsher charge of manslaughter over 10 students killed during hike

By TOI staff

Rescue forces near the scene where 10 young Israelis were swept to their deaths in flash floods in the Tzafit riverbed, near the Dead Sea in southern Israel, on April 26, 2018. (Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)

May 3, 2018, 1:59 pm

Body found in search for truck driver missing since flash floods

Family of Ayman Jaber, 47, a father of four from Tayibe, has been notified of the discovery

By TOI staff

Israeli teens light candles at a vigil at Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on April 28, 2018, in memory of the 10 victims killed in a flash flood while hiking in the Judean Desert. (Screen capture/YouTube)

May 1, 2018, 8:30 am

Academy head, instructor suspected in flood disaster released to house arrest

Yuval Kahan and Aviv Bardichev of Bnei Zion say they will speak directly to the families of the 10 students killed

By TOI staff

Volunteers from the ZAKA emergency response service transport the bodies of Israeli teenagers killed in a flash flood near the Dead Sea on April 26, 2018. (ZAKA)

April 30, 2018, 6:18 pm

Tour guide in desert flood deaths may face manslaughter charges

Aviv Bardichev of the Bnei Zion pre-military academy reportedly received more specific weather warnings than academy head Yuval Kahan, but ignored them

By TOI staff

Police stand outside the Bnei Zion pre-army academy in Tel Aviv, from which 10 incoming students were killed in a flash flood in the Judean Desert, on April 26, 2018. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)

April 29, 2018, 3:00 pm

Police raid offices of pre-military academy over flood deaths, seize computers

Authorities suspect detained organizers of deadly Judean Desert hike tried to obstruct investigation by coordinating testimonies

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

People light candles as they take part in a memorial ceremony in remembrance of 10 Israeli teens who lost their lives when they were caught in a flood in a riverbed near the Dead Sea, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on April 28, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

April 29, 2018, 1:19 pm

10 teens killed in flood were ‘300 meters’ from safety, says rescuer

'Five minutes later' and the youths swept away in deluge would have made it out of ravine, firefighter asserts. 'Anyone who survived was touched by the hand of God'

By Michael Bachner and TOI staff

Flood disaster victims to be laid to rest on April 29, 2018, from left to right: Adi Raanan, Gali Balali, Romi Cohen (Courtesy)

April 29, 2018, 10:58 am

Families, friends prepare to bury last 3 victims killed in flash flood

Funerals for Romi Cohen, Gali Balali, and Adi Raanan to be held in their home communities, following burials Friday of 7 of 10 pre-military academy students

By TOI staff

April 28, 2018, 9:42 pm

Guide on house arrest says she warned against hike where 10 teens died in flood

Daughter of deputy head of Arava search-and-rescue unit says she told pre-military academy not to 'take the chance,' as her father advised

By TOI staff

Tzur Alfi of Mazkeret Batya, who was killed in a flash flood in the south during a school trip on April 26, 2018. (Facebook)

April 28, 2018, 6:29 pm

Flood victim said to have refused to climb to safety, pulled up friends 1 by 1

Tzur Alfi's girlfriend says 18-year-old dreamed of serving in IDF's elite search and rescue unit, but his heroism during flash flood showed he didn't even need the training

By TOI staff

April 28, 2018, 5:47 am

ATV driver swept away in flash flood found safe after hours-long search

Rescue crews locate man who was separated from his group while off-roading in the Zin Valley

By TOI staff

Israeli emergency services take part in a search and rescue mission near the Dead Sea on April 26, 2018. (AFP/Menahem Kahana)

April 27, 2018, 11:43 pm

‘We called out their names, nobody answered’ — teen recalls deadly flood

Member of group hit by torrent that killed 10 in desert ravine describes moment friends were swept away. 'It was a powerful wave, I'd never seen anything like it'

By TOI staff

Hundreds seen mourning during the funeral of Ella Or in Mishor Adumim on April 27, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 27, 2018, 2:35 pm

‘How do we go on?’ Families, friends bury 7 of the 10 students killed in flood

Thousands attend funerals of youths killed in a sudden surge in a Judean desert riverbed, as parents bid goodbye to their 'little girls'

By TOI staff