Overview
- Authorities confirmed late Sunday that forensic tests identified the body as 17-year-old Avraham Yeshayahu Spiegel.
- Magen David Adom responders pronounced him dead at Sidna Ali Beach in Herzliya after he was pulled from the water earlier Sunday.
- Identification at the Abu Kabir forensic institute used dental records from a Jerusalem clinic and a DNA sample from his father.
- His parents left shivah for their older son, Yissachar Dov, to assist with the process, and the funeral was scheduled for Sunday at 10:30 p.m. in Jerusalem with burial next to his brother.
- The recovery closes a broad operation that drew ZAKA divers, Israel Police, Fire and Rescue units, maritime patrols and aerial support, with Abu Kabir serving as Israel’s central authority for official identification.