(haipo) – Hadera Police Station and Marine Police forces were dispatched at noon (Monday, April 21.04.25, XNUMX) to the Hadera Stream, following reports received from citizens who claimed to have spotted a shark attacking a diver in the water.
In a difficult-to-watch video that has been circulating online, a man is seen being attacked by several sharks, screaming for help, waving his arms, and disappearing into the water at a depth of about 100 meters, with the water turning red with blood. We will not publish the video here.
Update for Wednesday, 23/4/25, from the Israel Police:
Permission has been granted to publish the name of the diver who died in the Shark Beach disaster in Nahal Hadera: Barak Tzach, Z"l
Last night (Tuesday, 22/04/25), police divers and a fire department unit located artifacts and parts of his body, which were taken to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir, and confirmation of the final identification of the deceased has now been received.
The remains of the swimmer from Petah Tikva were identified at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir. A message was sent to his family.
The name of the deceased was not published, at the request of his family.
At the request of the widow Mrs. Sarit Tzah, we are publishing this message verbatim and would be very grateful for further distribution online at her request.
- With deep sorrow and pain that cannot be expressed, we announce the death of our husband and father, Barak Tzach, of blessed memory. I would like to put an end to the rumors that are being spread about the circumstances of his death and tell the truth. On the day of his death, Barak arrived at the beach after a day of work, as he often did. He entered the sea equipped with a snorkel, mask, fins, and a GoPro camera – without anything else, and certainly not with fish or bait, contrary to the rumors that have been spread. Barak entered the water to dive and document sharks, not to feed them or play with them. In a conversation I had with a fisherman who witnessed the incident, I was told that he swam alongside it and later moved a little further away in a more open direction. He photographed the sharks from a distance but did not touch them or feed them. When they began to get too close to him, he used the stick of the GoPro camera to gently push them away. The fisherman called him back to shore, and Barak began to swim slowly towards him – and then he was attacked. The family asks to avoid spreading incorrect or unfounded information, and to honor the memory of a loved one who loved the sea and nature.
- The dear family would like to thank all the organizations and volunteers who worked tirelessly and without ceasing to help.
Update for Tuesday, 22/4/25, from ZAKA:
Human remains were located by search teams. The remains are now being transferred to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir for definitive identification.
Update for Monday, 21/4/25, 16:34 PM From the Israel Police:
The police are continuing their search for the diver. Coastal District police officers, along with the Marine Policing Unit, and a police helicopter from the Air Unit from the Operations Division, along with other forces, are continuing their search to locate the swimmer.
Update for 16:05 From the Israel Police:
Following the announcement of a swimmer being attacked by a shark at the Hadera River beach, the police announce the closure of the beach to bathers until further notice and the completion of the incident. Any unusual incident should be reported to the Israel Police hotline 100.
An area known to be infested with sharks
The unusual incident occurred near the mouth of the stream, an area known to be infested with sharks of the fin shark and sand shark type. As of this time, no casualties have been found at the scene, and forces are continuing to search and locate the area.
The presence of a person/swimmer in deep water in a shark-infested area is unclear.
Marine police forces went to the scene.
Police forces are on their way – no casualties have yet been located.
The police spokeswoman said: A short time ago, police officers from the Hadera station and the marine police were dispatched to the Hadera River following a report from citizens who claimed to have seen a shark attacking a diver in the water.
Forces on their way to the scene, no casualties have yet been located. More details to follow.
MDA informed Hai Pa News Corporation:
At 15:02 PM, a report was received at the MDA 101 hotline in the Sharon region about a man who was bitten by a shark on the beach in Hadera. MDA medics and paramedics are searching the scene. At this stage, the reported injured person has not yet been located. Update later.
A hundred meters?! You live in a movie, you enter the water at a height of 2 meters. What wouldn't you do for an article? You are delusional. Live here, do you live here?!
If not for the "Sir of Pitahs" hundreds would be murdered... 0
where were the police
Eating borax There has been no police in Israel since the beginning of the term of the Minister of Pita Bread
There were no police in Shomer Homot either, and after that, when the Minister of Nothing and the Shmodbar Omar Bar Lev came in, in the failed minority government that surrendered and handed over huge areas of sea to finance Hezbollah. Just a reminder to the left with its really short memory.
And after you brought upon us the Oslo disaster, the disengagement as a unilateral escape, and the 7.10/XNUMX massacre with factionalism and incitement to refusal, you accuse Ben Gvir of returning the weapons to the public and dramatically reducing the number of attacks.
Go back to complaining in the nursing home without data.
Swimmer Zel probably read your previous articles about sharks.
It's a shame the sharks didn't read the previous article about them and acted like sharks.
147 deaths in traffic accidents since the beginning of the year. 7 pedestrians have been killed in Haifa since the beginning of the year.
The situation is catastrophic. No divers, no sharks. "Only" over 150 deaths in 4 months.
2023 – 361 deaths
2024 – 439 deaths
2025 – 500 deaths???
The population grew, so did the numbers.
Focus on percentages instead of distorting data.
Death. Terrible and unnecessary, and even more terrible, that no one will learn a lesson from it. On Saturday, parents took pictures of their children in the water with sharks.
All the articles to date have stated: "There's nothing to worry about, they're not dangerous, they came to visit the warm waters"...go believe the articles of "expert" reporters
I saw the video. So it's 100 meters from the shore. It does look like the sharks are going wild over something in the water...
Nonsense and fake.
The sharks in the Hadera area (usually) will not attack humans.
In addition, 100 meters deep – that's a lot of distance from the shore (kilometers), and there's no way anyone saw or even photographed it...
A given situation where a shark attacked a person in Hadera and there is a video
Breathe it in if you need to, drink a glass of water.
The depth there is between 30 and 50 meters. There is a very strong current there. Further along there is a pipe that pumps water from the sea for desalination.
Dear Moti. You warned from the beginning in your article! Don't go near the sharks! Don't feed them. It's a terrible shame that they didn't listen to your article Moti!! Maybe there were more people among the living!
Thank you for another important, relevant article that summarizes and updates all the real details without lies and unnecessary rumors. Thanks also for the pictures, dear man.