Swimmer missing after reported shark attack off Israel's coast
Israeli police have been searching for a man reported missing following a suspected shark attack off the country's Mediterranean coast, the force said on Tuesday.
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Shark attacks have not been reported in Israel for decades.
Police spokesman Aryeh Doron said that 'several findings have been sent for examination', without specifying the nature of the recovered evidence.
Search operations continued Tuesday in the southeastern Mediterranean, near the area of the central city of Hadera where the swimmer had disappeared.
'The search area is very large, very complex, especially due to the danger posed by diving near sharks,' said Doron Elmashali, commander of the fire and rescue unit involved in the operation.
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He said underwater cameras were being used in the operation.
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