Jordan river

Drowning rates surge to 350% from 2025, org. tells Knesset committee last week

Since the data was presented, an additional three teenagers died drowning; one boy in Kibbutz Palmachim, and two girls in the Jordan River.

Magen David Adom stationed at Israel beach.
Fire and rescue teams from the Galilee and Golan Heights conducting searches in boats and in the water after two girls were swept into the Jordan River.

Rescue teams found remains of two missing girls swept away by Jordan River after hours searching

Uriah Sarusi, the IDF reservist who drowned in the Jordan River on March 24, 2024.

IDF reservist drowns in Jordan River in attempt to save his son

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a joint press conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025   Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen in a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in Jerusalem, December 7, 2025

Netanyahu ‘not leaving’ politics for pardon, PM says next to Germany’s Friedrich Merz


Israelis, Jordanians, Palestinians meet on Jordan River

Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit: "Israel can help improve the lives of 600,000 Jordanians on the other side of the river."

Zionist Union MK Erel Margalit meeting with Jordanian Minister Saad Abu Hammour.

Region's baptism sites a bridge completing the Holy Land pilgrimage

A baptism site popular with Christian tourists on the Jordan River has received UNESCO recognition in Jordan, but more tourists flock to the Israeli-run side.

African pilgrims immerse themselves on the Israeli side of the Jordan River. Inset, a view of the Jordanian baptism site on the other side of the river.

River pollution unites Israelis, Jordanians, Palestinians

A joint Israeli, Palestinian, Jordanian initiative to save the Jordan River and upgrade the area of the Jordan River Valley on both sides of the river is unveiled.

Swimming at the mouth of the Jordon River last week

114 US, Canadian cities sign on to rehabilitating the Jordan River

Rehabilitation of the Jordan River has been an ongoing process in recent years, with the most recent development occurring when in March.

Kishon River drainage

Tiberias wastewater heads to new treatment plant, curbing raw sewage flow in Jordan River

Conveyance of the sewage by means of the new pipeline was part of a NIS 40m. scheme.

People rafting in a river (illustrated photo)