Suspicious Israeli shark attack highlights the risk of sea animals entering waters when they appear
Israeli police searched the Mediterranean coast for their fears of swimmers who could be attacked by sharks, in the area that has long been close contact between marine predators and sometimes marine predators and beach travelers looking for them.
The endangered bleak and sandbank sharks have been swimming nearby for many years, attracting onlookers to approach the sharks and attracting requests from authorities from conservation groups to get authorities to separate people from wildlife.
Nature groups say the warnings have not attracted attention. Police and rescuers conducted a search on the shore after sharks reportedly attacked a swimmer on a beach near Hadra City. Israel’s Fire and Rescue Administration announced Tuesday afternoon that it found a body that was taken to the Forensic Institute for identification.
The beach was closed on Tuesday, and the search team used boats and underwater equipment to find the man. The man’s identity was not immediately known, but Israeli media said he had swim with the sharks.
Israelis flocked to the beach during a week’s holiday, sharing waters with twelve or more sharks. Some people pull the shark’s fins, while others throw fish to eat.
A dim shark can grow up to four meters and weigh about 350 kilograms. The sandbank sharks are smaller and grow about 2.5 meters and 100 kilograms.
Yigael Ben-Ari, head of the Marine Corps of the Israeli Natural and Park Service, said the man’s behavior around the shark was not known yet. But when sharks appear, the public should know not to enter the water, not to touch or play with them, he said.
Witnesses report seeing sharks in the area
A video shared by Israeli media shows a shark swimming in deep water on his thighs.
“What a huge shark!” exclaimed the man who photographed the man as he approached him. “Wow! He is walking towards us!”
“Don’t move!” he begged a boy standing nearby, and he replied, “I’m leaving.”
Then the man asked, “Are you afraid of sharks?”
Two days before the attack, Associated Press photographers witnessed some of these actions and faced the Park Service’s advice.
“Just like every wildlife, the behavior of sharks can be unpredictable,” authorities said in a statement.
According to Ben-Ari, this is just the third recorded shark attack in Israel. In the 1940s, a man was killed in an attack.
Between October and May, warm water released by nearby power plants was released into the sea here, attracting dozens of sharks over the years. Ben-Ari said swimming is prohibited in the area, but swimmers are entering the water anyway.
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“Measures are to be taken to protect and regulate public safety, but over the years, chaos has developed in the region.”
It says fishermen, boats, divers, surfers and snorkeling intersect dangerously with wildlife, which is “not used to being around the crowd.”
The team said further steps are needed to prevent similar events, such as designating a safe zone, from where people can view the shark without getting close to it.
Israeli authorities closed the beach and others nearby on Monday, and they remained closed on Tuesday.
