Overview
- Yissachar Dov Spiegel, 21, died Tuesday night at Netanya’s Laniado Hospital after rescuers pulled him from the sea in critical condition.
- His funeral took place Wednesday in Jerusalem, departing from the family home in Ramat Shlomo and proceeding to the Har HaMenuchot cemetery.
- Search teams entered a sixth day Thursday with police divers, drone crews, jet skis, and ZAKA volunteers concentrating near Sanz Beach between hard‑to‑reach rocks.
- Police leaders, including the Central District commander, visited the command post and pledged full resources to find 17-year-old Avraham Yeshayahu Spiegel.
- The brothers entered the separate‑gender Sanz Beach on Friday to perform ritual immersion before Shabbat, and their community has held prayers and shared a public letter from their father to his students.