New Zealand police have announced that the formal identification process has not yet been completed • The 24-year-old traveler has been swept away in the Vaughanui River • The Foreign Office has not yet made an official statement
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Local police said Monday morning that the body of the 24-year-old hiker had been missing since yesterday, local media reported. The formal identification process has not yet been completed. The Foreign Ministry is expected to officially announce in the coming hours.
An Israeli hiker was swept into the Vaughanui River in New Zealand yesterday and is now defined as absentee, today's publication has allowed. The Foreign Ministry said that as soon as his disappearance became known, local rescue forces began vigorous search operations for hours, assisted by boats and a helicopter, but the young man had not yet been located. The family of the missing person in the country has been updated in detail.
The Israeli Consul in New Zealand, Roy Rosenberg, and the Department of Israel Abroad in the Consular Division of the Foreign Office, along with the rescue company "Magnus" and the "Phoenix" company, are involved in handling the event.