A 40-year-old man fell to his death on Tuesday while hiking along a trail next to Wadi Og in the Judean Desert, Israeli rescue officials said.
The man apparently slipped and fell from a height of about 50 meters (164 feet) while moving along the walking path. His identity has not been released.
Thousands of tourists and Israeli citizens are out in force this week during the intermediary days of the Passover holiday.
It is not unusual for search and rescue units to be called out a number of times during the week in order to help out people who are unused to the terrain – and so it was on Tuesday as well.
Earlier in the day a woman with diabetes had to be evacuated from Wadi Qelt, also in the Judean Desert, after her blood sugar level suddenly dropped to a dangerously low level while hiking in the wadi.
In the same area, a 51-year-old woman was evacuated to Jerusalem’s Hadassah Medical Center after breaking her leg.
Late Monday night, five men were rescued by a volunteer unit after a night of rappelling to extract them from a location at the Tor Stream, near the Dead Sea.
In northern Israel a woman was taken to a local hospital near the Golan Heights after falling and injuring her leg at the Zavitan Stream. The evacuation involved at least six people and a stretcher to move the woman from the remote area.
A spokesperson for the Golan Rescue Unit told media that a 70-year-old man was also evacuated after he fainted while hiking near the Yehudia Stream.
