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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 502

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This underwater photograph taken on December 26, 2023, shows Yamit Avital and her husband Benny, who are among the survivors from Kibbutz Nir Oz, taking part in a free diving session offered to evacuated Israelis and survivors of the October 7 Hamas attacks, off the coast of Eilat. (Photo by Ilan Ben Zion/AFP)
January 2, 2024, 12:11 pm
Finding solace under water: Displaced Oct. 7 survivors learn to scuba dive in Eilat
Diving clubs in Eilat mobilize to offer evacuated Israelis free courses and sessions; one Nir Oz resident finds activity ‘very therapeutic, very healing’
By Ilan Ben Zion
An archaeologist explores remains of cargo from a shipwreck that likely occurred between 1000 BCE and 500 BCE at Dor Beach, during the May 2023 excavation season. (courtesy Department of Maritime Civilizations/University of Haifa)
July 15, 2023, 9:00 am
Marine excavations offer glimpse into ancient history preserved under the sea
While much of Israel’s land has already been dug up and explored, archaeological discoveries underwater are just beginning to surface
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative: A picture taken on July 21, 2015, in Malta shows the Azure Window, a limestone arch on Gozo island (Amélie BOTTOLIER-DEPOIS / AFP)
July 6, 2023, 2:00 pm
Israeli tourist dies in diving accident in Malta
Man, around 50, is pulled to surface by friends after encountering difficulty during dive
By ToI Staff
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Illustrative: Israelis crowd a beach near Eilat, southern Israel, on April 7, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90
May 27, 2023, 7:04 pm
Diver drowns in Eilat, another hurt in a separate accident
Medics declare 52-year-old man dead on scene; nearby, 40-year-old taken to hospital with shortness of breath
By Michael Horovitz
An Israel Antiquities Authority archaeologist checks out pieces of 1,800-year-old marble from a shipwreck off the shore of Beit Yanai in central Israel. (Israel Antiquities Authority's Theft Prevention Unit)
May 15, 2023, 11:43 am
Swimmer discovers precious marble cargo from 1,800-year-old Mediterranean shipwreck
Roman-era raw materials likely came from Turkey and were on their way to a southern Holy Land port; archaeologists hope to find wood remains of ship during excavations next week
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
A pink whipray spotted off the coast of Eilat, October 2, 2022. (Omri Amosi via Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
October 2, 2022, 2:27 pm
Pink whiprays, endangered in most of the world, seen near Eilat
Nature and Parks Authority inspector spots the fish 5 meters below sea level, says they ‘swam together with impressive interaction’
By ToI Staff
Orit Peled, 49, an Israeli who drowned while snorkeling in Sharm el-Sheikh in the Sinai Peninsula on June 17, 2022. (Courtesy)
June 20, 2022, 11:55 am
Israeli died of epileptic seizure in Sinai, lifeguards didn’t know CPR, husband says
Spouse of Orit Peled, 49, says local staff didn’t know basic lifesaving techniques and lacked medical equipment; woman suffered seizure while snorkeling in Sharm el-Sheikh
By ToI Staff
A scuba-diving volunteer collects trash during a World Oceans Day event in the Mediterranean ancient Caesarea's Roman-period port, Israel, June 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
June 11, 2022, 10:02 am
To mark UN Oceans Day, divers haul trash polluting ancient underwater Caesarea port
Volunteers remove 45 kgs of garbage from between the sunken pillars and submerged ruins of historic seaport; teams worked at dozens more sites up and down Mediterranean coast
By Ilan Ben Zion
Volunteers with Eilat's Coast Patrol posing with some of the tires they brought up from the seafloor in an annual cleanup operation. (Amit Liber)
December 7, 2021, 4:22 am
Volunteer divers remove 1.6 tons of discarded tires and other waste from Red Sea
Coast Patrol, an Eilat NGO, joins forces with local diving club in annual cleanup operation that takes months to prepare
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative -- In this Dec. 5, 2016 photo, long-tail boats sit near a small beach on Ko Phi Phi Leh, an island off the southwestern coast of Thailand (AP Photo/Courtney Bonnell)
October 6, 2019, 4:09 pm
22-year-old Israeli tourist dies in Thailand diving accident
Foreign Ministry says diplomats working to return woman’s body to Israel for burial
By ToI Staff
This picture taken on July 24, 2019 shows a decommissioned Jordanian Armed Forces' AH-1 Cobra helicopter being submerged into the waters of the Red Sea off the coast of the southern Jordanian port city of Aqaba, as part of preparations for a new underwater military museum. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
July 24, 2019, 3:53 pm
Jordan sinks military hardware for underwater museum
Kingdom hopes tanks, ambulance, troop carrier, anti-aircraft battery, guns and a combat helicopter, submerged in a ‘tactical formation,’ will attract tourists to Aqaba
By AFP
Young Palestinian members of a swimming club, walk into the sea to begin a training session in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 4, 2018. (Photo by SAID KHATIB / AFP)
October 22, 2018, 12:43 pm
Swim team braves pollution to dive into Gaza waters
Rare mixed-gender group challenged by social taboos, shortage of diving equipment in Strip; trains in the sea due to lack of access to pools
By AFP and ToI Staff
Environmental activists drop off an old battle tank provided by the Lebanese Armed Forces into the Mediterranean Sea, about three kilometres off the coast of the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, on July 28, 2018, to create new habitat for marine life. ( AFP PHOTO / Mahmoud ZAYYAT)
July 28, 2018, 7:33 pm
Lebanon sinks old armored vehicles to create underwater dive park
Marine attraction created off the coast of Sidon; turrets face Israel ‘out of solidarity for the Palestinian people’
By AFP
People celebrate after divers evacuated some of the 12 boys and their coach who were trapped at Tham Luang cave in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, July 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit)
July 11, 2018, 11:15 am
Thais rejoice at success of dramatic cave rescue
Health officials say the boys, ages 11-16, are in good physical and mental health
By Richard SARGENT and Vijitra Duangdee
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