Multiple Drowning Incidents in Israel Leave Several Children and Adults in Critical Condition or Dead

On Saturday afternoon, a six-year-old boy drowned in a public pool in Holon and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after resuscitation attempts by Magen David Adom (MDA) teams. Earlier the same day, a three-year-old toddler drowned at home in the Shdot Negev Regional Council area and was transported to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba in serious condition, unconscious and on a ventilator.

MDA paramedic Uriel Cohen described arriving to find the child unconscious near the pool and performing respiratory assistance and medication before hospital transfer. The previous day, a 25-year-old man was pulled unconscious from the sea near Rishon Lezion and despite resuscitation efforts, was declared dead at the scene by MDA paramedics Gal Rosen and Nur Hassona.

On Wednesday, three teenagers were swept away at an unmonitored beach near Palmachim. Two 15-year-olds were rescued without injuries, but a third was found hours later in critical condition and later died at Wolfson Hospital. That same day, a one-year-old girl drowned in a pool in Beit Shean and was taken to Emek Medical Center in Afula in critical condition, unconscious and ventilated.

Last weekend, two 13-year-old girls from Abu Snan drowned in the Jordan River near Kibbutz Lehavot HaBashan after being swept away by the current. Their friend alerted rescue teams, but the girls were found dead hours later. Additionally, a 13-year-old boy drowned in a pool in the Emek Hefer Regional Council area and was hospitalized in serious condition after MDA performed life-saving resuscitation.

On the previous Friday, three drowning incidents occurred within hours: a man in his 40s drowned at Delilah Beach in Ashkelon and was hospitalized in critical condition; two 21-year-olds drowned at Jerusalem Beach in Rishon Lezion and were rescued by lifeguards, with one in serious and the other in moderate condition; and a 20-year-old man drowned at Atlit Beach and was in serious condition.