Death Toll in Dead Sea Flash Floods Rises to 10 as Last Missing Teen Found

The death toll from flash floods that hit a group of teenage hikers in southern Israel Thursday rose from nine to 10 after a body found overnight was identified as the last missing teen Friday morning.

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The ten victims, nine girls and one boy of around 18 years old, were killed when they were swept away by flash floods during a hike at Nahal Tsafit, south of the Dead Sea. The trip was part of a pre-army program.

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– Rescue helicopter over Nahal Tsafit, April 26, 2018. Video by Eli Hershkovitz