Body of Bnei Brak teen found near Yarkon River, after he went missing days earlier |
The body of a young man who went missing during a winter storm last week was found next to Tel Aviv’s Yarkon River and identified by authorities Sunday, following a days-long search.
Eliyahu Abba Shaul, 19, disappeared during the height of winter storm Byron, after leaving his home in Bnei Brak on Wednesday night, prompting a wide search for the missing teen.
Search and rescue volunteers from the ZAKA group found the body Sunday, police said, which the Abu Kabir forensic institute later identified as Shaul.
Police and rescue services had begun concentrating their search efforts in and around the Yarkon, north of Tel Aviv, after finding Shaul’s........