{"id":39161,"date":"2025-04-21T19:57:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39161\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T19:57:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:57:13","slug":"harrowing-moment-swimmer-is-mauled-by-shark-in-front-of-screaming-crowd-in-israel-as-police-search-sea-for-missing-diver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/39161\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrowing moment swimmer is mauled by shark in front of screaming crowd in Israel as police search sea for missing diver"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS is the harrowing moment a swimmer – who is now missing and feared dead – is mauled by a shark in the Mediterranean Sea off the Israeli coast.<\/p>\n

Clips posted to social media show a diver flailing around in the water just off Hadera, north-west Israel<\/a>, in front of horrified crowds.<\/p>\n

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The huge shark appeared in shallow waters near Olga Beach on Monday\"Shark<\/a><\/p>\n

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It swam very near to paddlers, prompting them to flee the water screamingCredit: @JNS_org \/ X\"Shark<\/a><\/p>\n

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A swimmer could be seen thrashing around with the water around him turning redCredit: @JNS_org \/ X<\/p>\n

Earlier clips capture the shark swimming<\/a> amongst aghast paddlers in shallow waves.<\/p>\n

Some seem happy to stay in the water alongside the animal whilst others rushed back to the shore – moments before the attack.<\/p>\n

The beast headed further back out and began mauling a swimmer<\/a> in a sustained frenzy.<\/p>\n

The diver could be seen thrashing about as the water around him foamed red with his blood.<\/p>\n

People watched in horror from the beach as fins and limbs splashed around – but could do nothing to stop the savaging.<\/p>\n

The attack happened in an area where swimming is prohibited, according to JNS.<\/a><\/p>\n

Footage uploaded to social media shows helicopters scanning the water for the missing diver.<\/p>\n

Police<\/a> have closed the beach while the rescue mission continues.<\/p>\n

An eyewitness told Channel 12 News: “I saw the diver in the depths of the water, he shouted: ‘I’m bitten, I’m bitten,’ and waved his hands in the air. <\/p>\n

“After a few minutes, sharks bit him – and suddenly he disappeared.’<\/p>\n

Terrifying moment swimmer, 30, is mauled by SHARK as she filmed her snorkeling trip in the Maldives<\/p>\n

Channel 12 News also reported that the shark later attacked a rescue diver.<\/p>\n

The Hadera Municipality Coastal Department said it was “conducting searches by jet ski to locate the diver and will continue to update as developments occur”.<\/p>\n

It added: “We urge the public traveling in the area to avoid entering the water and contact with the sharks.”<\/p>\n

Emergency teams received a call at 3:02pm for the attack at Olga Beach.<\/p>\n

A statement from the Israel Police said: “A short time ago, officers from the Hadera Police Station and the Maritime Police were dispatched to the Hadera stream following reports from citizens who claimed they saw a shark attacking a diver in the water.<\/p>\n

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A huge rescue mission is underway to search for the missing diverCredit: @JNS_org \/ X\"Large<\/a><\/p>\n

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Shark attacks in Israel are incredibly rareCredit: @JNS_org \/ X<\/p>\n

“Forces are en route, but no casualties have been located so far.”<\/p>\n

Shark attacks<\/a> in the Med and Israel are extremely rare.<\/p>\n

Dusky and Sandbar sharks often visit the area between November and May, but are not known to attack humans.<\/p>\n

The Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel has reacted to the shark attack<\/a> by insisting it called on the state four years ago to regulate behaviour in waters sharks visit.<\/p>\n

It said: \u201cEvery winter, a unique phenomenon occurs in Israel in which sharks and rays gather at the outlet of the warm waters of the power stations. <\/p>\n

“In the case of such a fascinating and public-attracting phenomenon, it would be appropriate to take conservation and safety measures for the public, but over the years, chaos has developed in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THIS is the harrowing moment a swimmer – who is now missing and feared dead – is mauled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39162,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,184,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-39161","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-section-newsworld-news","10":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114377722612790373","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}