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Tzafit River

Yuval Kahan, who was the head of the Bnei Zion pre-military academy school at the time of the Tzafit riverbed hiking disaster, arrives for a hearing at the Beersheba District Court, September 13, 2022. (Flash90)
September 14, 2022, 10:51 am
At trial, ex-head of Bnei Zion academy apologizes for deaths of 10 students in flood
Yuval Kahan speaks of his shame and regret, but maintains negligent homicide charge against him is unfounded
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)
July 12, 2021, 8:40 pm
Families of students killed in flash flood reach NIS 24 million settlement
Insurance to pay out NIS 18 million and state to cover rest of sum to be divided between families of the 10 teenagers lost during ill-advised school hike near Dead Sea in 2018
By ToI Staff
A composite photo of the 10 victims of a flash flood in southern Israel on April 27, 2018. Top row, left to right: Romi Cohen, Ilan Bar Shalom, Shani Shamir, Adi Raanan, Agam Levy. Bottom row, left to right: Yael Sadan, Maayan Barhum, Tzur Alfi, Gali Balali, Ella Or. (Courtesy/Facebook)
February 27, 2019, 10:50 am
Academy head, counselor to be charged with manslaughter in flood deaths
10 students were killed during ill-planned hike last April; police had recommended Bnei Zion director Yuval Kahan face lesser charges
By ToI Staff
Friends and family mourn near the fresh grave of Ella Or during her funeral in Mishor Adumim on April 27, 2018. Or was one of 10 Israeli teens killed in a flash flood on April 26, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 2, 2018, 3:02 pm
Academy head resigns under cloud of suspicion over flood disaster
Yuval Kahan says he is ‘torn and broken’ in wake of desert hike in which 10 high school students were killed
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
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)
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
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
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)
April 27, 2018, 7:57 am
Body found next to overturned truck near Dead Sea
Israelis told to avoid south as unseasonable rains continue
By ToI Staff
A military helicopter searches for missing students near the Dead Sea, southern Israel, April 26, 2018. (Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90)
April 27, 2018, 3:14 am
Flash flood survivor describes friend ‘slipping away in front of my eyes’
Teen hiker saw ‘bodies floating in the water’ after powerful surge of water submerged the Tzafit River, killing 10 students
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 26, 2018, 11:18 pm
Police launch probe after 10 high school students die in flash flood
Defense, education ministries spar over culpability; pre-army program ignored weather warnings and took teens on deadly Judean Desert hike
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of the Nahal Tzafit riverbed canyon. (Twitter)
April 26, 2018, 8:28 pm
Nahal Tzafit, where 10 students died in a flood, is a popular canyon trail
Extending for over 15 kilometers, the steep-walled route is prone to flash-flooding caused by rain in hills to the west
By Stuart Winer
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