Body of missing Israeli rafter found in Peru

 

The Foreign Ministry on Thursday confirmed that the body of a missing Israeli woman was found, several days after she and another Israeli tourist went missing on a rafting trip in Peru. The woman is a 22-year-old from Ramat Hasharon. 

 An Israeli search team was dispatched Wednesday to help search for the two missing Israeli tourists who disappeared when their raft overturned on a stretch of the Apurimac River in southern Peru Monday afternoon. The search for the second Israeli’s body is ongoing. 

The relevant families have been notified.

The raft contained eight Israelis and a guide. Six of the Israelis and the guide were in good condition in the city of ...more