Boat capsize on the Sea of Galilee - search for four missing people: MDA teams are working today (Saturday) to locate four missing people, including two children, after receiving a report of several people in distress after capsizing with a boat near the Setai coast.
The boat capsized with 11 people on board - six adults and five children. At this point, seven (four adults and three children) were rescued, all in light condition. The team continues to scan.
Search for the missing in the capsizing of the boat on the Sea of Galilee // Photo: MDA operational documentation
"We were immediately dispatched to the scene of the boat capsizing off the Setai coast. When we arrived at the scene about 400 meters from the shore, we noticed a man and a woman in their 30s who were in distress in the water, we immediately reached them and rescued them to the MDA boat, fully conscious and exhausted," said Ofri Edri, MDA paramedic, "We rescued them to Setai Beach and returned to continue the search. Another civilian boat in the area rescued two children. During the searches, we noticed a man, a woman and a two-year-old boy in the water, we also rescued them to the MDA boat, fully conscious, suffering from exhaustion and the child suffering from mild shortness of breath. We transferred them to Ein Gev beach and returned for further searches in the field."
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