borkena
August 19, 2019
Body of Aya Na’amana, a 21 years old Israeli and a student of Technion, who reportedly missed in the morning of August 17 in the Danakil Desert in the Eastern part of Ethiopia, is found in the region.
According to a report by The Times of Israel, a search team was dispatched to the area on Saturday afternoon. Apparently, it was too late as the Israeli student was not found alive.
Ana Na’amana was part of a team of foreign students who completed a four-week academic course in Mekelle city, Tigray region in Northern Ethiopia, but the trip to Ethiopia’s hottest region the Danakil region with a temperature of over 45 °C.
However, the trip to the Danakil depression was not part of the course. It was privately organized by a group of students. Aya Na’amana went missing while hiking in a temperature that is believed to be over 50 °C, as reported by the Times of Israel.
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