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Yeshiva Student Dies After Netanya Drowning as Search for Brother Reaches Day Six

Authorities intensify coordinated sea and shore searches in hazardous rocky zones.

Overview

  • Yissachar Dov Spiegel, 21, died Tuesday night at Netanya’s Laniado Hospital after rescuers pulled him from the sea in critical condition.
  • His funeral took place Wednesday in Jerusalem, departing from the family home in Ramat Shlomo and proceeding to the Har HaMenuchot cemetery.
  • Search teams entered a sixth day Thursday with police divers, drone crews, jet skis, and ZAKA volunteers concentrating near Sanz Beach between hard‑to‑reach rocks.
  • Police leaders, including the Central District commander, visited the command post and pledged full resources to find 17-year-old Avraham Yeshayahu Spiegel.
  • The brothers entered the separate‑gender Sanz Beach on Friday to perform ritual immersion before Shabbat, and their community has held prayers and shared a public letter from their father to his students.