Search for ISIS rockets in the Kinneret continues
Navy divers scour the bottom of the lake in search of 2 BM-21 rockets fired by ISIS terrorists in Syria; dead fish swept ashore and sent for testing, beach closed for visitors; Golan residents urge the IDF to examine why the rockets were not intercepted.
Search efforts continued in the Kinneret on Thursday for shrapnel from the two BM-21 rockets launched by ISIS fighters in Syria on Wednesday.
Parts of the rockets were already found floating on Wednesday after a three-hour search prompted by reports by eyewitness who claimed to see two suspicious objects crash into the water accompanied by explosions.
The area of the search was closed by police Wednesday, with bathing forbidden in some parts of the beach.
The search resumed shortly after 9am Thursday, with Navy divers scouring the bottom of the lake. Police sappers are also present at the scene.
At Gofra Beach, dozens of dead fish—apparently killed by the blast—were swept ashore during the night.
The manager of the Gofra Beach, Dudi Damri, collected the dead fish for laboratory testing, in order to determine their cause of death.
The head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, Idan Greenbaum, urged the IDF to open an investigation into the reasons behind the army's failure to intercept these rockets, and to inspect why no rocket alert alarm was sounded in the area.
