Overview
- Police said the youths were found stranded on a steep slope called Point 12 at Nachal Darga after an overnight hike.
- Volunteers from the Megillos Dead Sea Rescue Unit reached the boys by phone and fixed their exact location before sunrise.
- At first light, an Israel Police helicopter with the Lehava airborne team lifted them off the cliff using a low hover maneuver.
- The aircraft flew them to a nearby landing zone where medics checked them and found them in good condition.
- The operation brought in IDF height-rescue specialists, regional firefighters, United Hatzalah, and local volunteers, showing how desert canyons often demand coordinated aerial and rope teams.