A terrible tragedy struck on Monday afternoon when a two-year-old child drowned in the swimming pool of a tzimmer in Moshav Sdot Micha, located in the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Despite extensive resuscitation efforts by emergency personnel and an airlift to the hospital, the child was later niftar.

Emergency responders from Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah rushed to the scene and immediately began advanced lifesaving measures, performing CPR after finding the child in critical condition.

The child was flown by MDA helicopter to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Yerushalayim while medical teams continued resuscitation efforts en route. Despite every attempt to save him, doctors were forced to pronounce him niftar upon arrival.

MDA EMTs Rafael Toledano, Eliya Binyamin, and Ari Rabinovitz said: “We received a report of a toddler who had drowned in a swimming pool at a private residence. We arrived quickly and were brought a two-year-old child who was unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing.”

They added: “We immediately began advanced resuscitation procedures, including chest compressions, assisted ventilation, and the administration of medication. While continuing medical treatment, we evacuated him by MDA-Hatzalah Air helicopter to the hospital in critical condition as we fought to save his life.”

United Hatzalah EMTs Yissachar Yaakovzon, Mordechai Friedman, and Itzik Fuchs, members of the organization’s Koach Hatzalah unit, said: “His family told us that he had drowned and was pulled unconscious from the pool at the vacation rental where they were staying. We performed CPR, after which he was evacuated by helicopter to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in critical condition.”