For a biblical stream whose name evokes divine tranquillity, the Jordan River is ... downstream by a flood, they're hiding it well. "Hey, Samer," says Sarig Gafny, an Israeli ecologist in a ...

The Jordan River lies between the countries of Jordan and Israel. The river also borders Syria, Lebanon, and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The river flows into the Dead Sea, which claims the ...

Nine 18-year-old hikers have been killed and one is missing after a flash flood swept them away in Nahal Tzafit, southern Israel ... and were swept away by the river," one of the rescued students ...