The woman responded, “No, I can’t see him,” when the operator inquired if they had eyes on him.
The man has yet to be found.
Beachgoers on Israel’s Mediterranean shore are now being warned by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority.
The agency of the Israeli government wrote: “The Authority reiterates its warning against interacting with sharks and once again calls on the public to avoid approaching them, as they are protected animals.”
However, a local police force official said yesterday: “Police officers from the Hadera station were sent out shortly after residents reported that they had witnessed a shark assaulting a diver in the water.
