A 47-year-old man and a 40-year-old man died after drowning in front of the Irgun Museum south of Tel Aviv • Another man was rescued in a light condition • The three residents of Judea and Samaria

• The drowning scene in Jaffa

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Two Palestinians drowned this evening (Friday) on the shores of Jaffa, near the Irgun Museum. Another Palestinian was rescued when his condition was mild. One of the men, 40, was pulled from the water alive, but despite efforts by medics and paramedics in the area to give him medical treatment. And the other 47-year-old was pulled from the water lifeless after lengthy searches.

MDA paramedic on a motorcycle, Tomer Guzman, said: "When we arrived at the scene we saw a lot of people and there was a commotion, we were signaled to reach the water line, and a few minutes later, civilians pulled a 40-year-old man unconscious, without breathing and without a pulse. And we performed advanced and prolonged resuscitation operations at the end of which we were forced to determine his death. A 35-year-old man was pulled from the water fully conscious and after an on-site inspection, did not need to be evacuated. He said that there were three of them who came to hang out and went into the sea and the forces of the naval police continue to search for the third man, "but as stated, the third man was pulled from the water lifeless.