One Killed in Israel After Sinkhole Opens Up in Swimming Pool

One man was killed and another injured when a sinkhole opened up in the bottom of a swimming pool during a party at a house in Karmei Yosef, a settlement in the Judean foothills, or Shfela, in Israel on Thursday, July 21, officials said.A 32-year-old man named in Israeli reports as Klil Kimhi was sucked into the hole by receding waters. His body was found after a complex four-hour operation, according to Israeli media. The recovery operation was complicated by fears that the unstable ground could produce further collapses, reports said.Israel’s national ambulance service, Magen David Adom, said a second man, aged 34, managed to escape and sustained only minor injuries. Credit: ZAKA/Israel Fire and Rescue Authority via Storyful
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