Search Underway for Israeli Yacht Lost at Sea During Winter Storm

Jerusalem, 10 December, 2025 (TPS-IL) — Forces from Israel, Greece and Cyprus are cooperating in the search for the Israeli yacht with which contact was lost, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said. Five people were aboard.

“The Foreign Ministry’s Department for Israelis Abroad, along with Israel’s embassies in Cyprus and Greece, are in contact with the families and are working around the clock on the matter,” the ministry confirmed.

The yacht departed from Ashdod on Tuesday night despite winter Storm Byron battering Greece and Cyprus. Heavy waves and wind gusts of as much as 100 km/hour have complicated search efforts.

It wasn’t clear how the yacht was able to leave the port.