Disaster in Ecuador: a young Israeli man fell to his death while climbing a mountain

An Israeli in his 20s was killed while on a trip to Ecuador in South America, the Foreign Ministry announced today (Tuesday). The young man fell to his death while climbing a mountain near the state capital. His family was informed of the incident and arrangements are being made to return his body to Israel.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that yesterday at around 02:00 a.m., Israel time, a report was received at the Israeli Embassy in Ecuador about an Israeli youth in his 20s, who was killed by a fall while climbing to the top of Mount Cotopaxi near the country’s capital, Quito.

The Israeli ambassador in Quito, Ze’ev Harel, informed the director of the department for Israelis abroad in the consular wing, Anat Avitar, during the night in order to inform the family and begin the process of moving the casket to Israel. The family received the bitter news and the department for Israelis abroad together with the embassy’s consul, Sagi Rabovski, accompany the case and assist in whatever is required.

The disaster in Ecuador occurs a day after the tragedy in Sinai in which Baruch Yona, 57 years old from Jerusalem, drowned at Shanti Beach in Be’ir Svir. Eyewitnesses to the drowning told N12 that the sea was rough compared to Sinai: “His children, aged 6 and 8, were in the water. They felt they were being swept away and called him. He helped them – but was unable to get out.”