A shark in Israel dragged a man away right in front of vacationers

3 May 2025

The attack took place on a beach near the Israeli city of Hadera. The missing man is being sought.

A diver has disappeared off the coast of Hadera in Israel after being attacked by a shark, The Times of Israel reported. Authorities said the diver had no special training or equipment, and vacationers on Olga Beach filmed the moment of the alleged shark attack on the man.

Vacationers on the beach say that shortly before the emergency they saw a shark that swam close to the shore. No one took the predator seriously, and some even tried to pet it. Then the visit of the scourge of the seas and oceans passed without incident, but after a while something terrible happened.

Journalists note that sharks are attracted to the coast of Hadera due to the warm water discharged from the Israel Electric Corporation station, although this is the second attack on a person in the last 75 years. The first happened last January. Then the shark attacked a fisherman, but he did not lose his head and used a harpoon as a spear.

Due to the excessively warm water in this place in recent days off the coast of Hadera, many fish have been dying, and this may have been the reason for the shark visiting the coast. After the incident, the police closed the beach. At first, they tried to search for the missing person using a jet ski, then aviation was involved in the search. The authorities asked people to avoid visiting this area, Channel 12 of Israel reported.

Recently, a shark also bit a Russian tourist in the Maldives. The girl got away with a wound on her arm, which had to be stitched up in a clinic.