The storm not only affect Israel. In Beirut, the storm toppled an old wall and several graves at an old Jewish cemetery that dates back to the early 1820s.
By ALON EINHORN, REUTERSA man walks along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea as a cargo vessel that arrived at Israel's Ashdod port and was swept away when a storm began is seen nearby, close to Ashdod's port in southern Israel December 26, 2019(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)
A 27-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy were killed on Thursday, due to stormy weather that has swept the country.Amjad Annan, 27, from Wadi Salama near Karmiel, was killed when he was swept away by a flood while going out to close the sheep gate next to his house. Annan’s wife alerted the police of his disappearance when he did not come home.Annan was spotted unconscious near the stream and was transferred to the Ziv Medical Center in Safed in critical condition, where the doctors could not save his life.Another 14-year-old youth from Yarka, Omri Abu Ganeb, was reported missing when he was swept away by a flood in the stream next to the village.The family requested that the police continue their search for the youth despite the sun setting. “We have been combing this area since 10:30 a.m.,” said the area’s search and rescue commander, Gil Bersano. “We have been cutting the stream at several points in an attempt to find the youth. Citizens of the area have been instructed not to travel in the area.”The body of the teenager was recovered on Friday.A massive cargo ship drifted onto a beach near Ashdod Port after heavy winds and stormy weather forced the vessel away from its anchor point. The 90 m.-long Zelek Star was carrying cement and other goods from Greece to Israel when it was swept away and approached Oranim Beach, officials said. The beach’s shoreline is popular with residents and tourists.Photos showed locals walking along the beach with the 14 m.-high vessel towering over them in the background, abutting a stone seawall as shallow waves crashed onto its red exterior.The storm not only affected Israel. In Beirut, it toppled an old wall and several graves at an old Jewish cemetery that dates back to the early 1820s. It knocked down part of the wall, which then collapsed onto the tombstones that bore Hebrew writing.
