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Israeli found dead with hypothermia amid winter storm

(JNS) - An Israeli was found dead with signs of hypothermia, and two children sustained minor injuries from a falling tree, on Thursday, the second day of winter storm Byron.

Emergency teams were also called to flooding incidents in the Judean Foothills (the Shfela), the Magen David Adom medical response group said.

MDA says its first responders were deployed to several sites where cars became trapped in rising waters and were working alongside rescue teams, with medics on standby amid fears of further casualties.

Temperatures dropped below 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) across the...

 
 

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