One dead in East Jerusalem, teen missing in Tel Aviv area as storm expected to abate |
A man was found dead Friday morning in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood with signs of severe hypothermia, as meteorological services predicted the torrential rains that Storm Byron has swept over Israel would let up by noon.
The death, at least the second from the winter storm that has brought fierce rains to Israel over the latter half of the week, was reported as search and rescue efforts took place across the country, with more than 100 people brought to safety in the south. In Gaza, 11 Palestinians were reported dead over the course of the storm as tent cities flooded.
The man who was found in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah by a Magen David Adom paramedic team was declared dead at the scene. Paramedics said that they saw “a man around 50 lying unconscious in a puddle” on the road, noting that he was cold to the touch.
He is the second person to die of hypothermia during Byron. On Thursday, a 53-year-old man was found dead in his home with signs of hypothermia after his neighbors alerted medics.
Meanwhile, the search continued for 19-year-old Eliyahu Abba Shaul, who went missing in Bnei Brak. He left home Thursday evening and has not been heard from since.
Dan Region police officers are working with rescue teams and volunteers to find the missing teen.
They said that their efforts are concentrated along the Yarkon River, after authorities found his clothes and motorized bicycle on the riverbank in neighboring Ramat Gan.
Later on Friday, a ZAKA team rescued a woman by boat from the Yarkon River after she had been missing in the water. She was pulled from the water........