A Palestinian drowned after he saved a 6-year-old Israeli boy from drowning in the Sea of Galilee. Omri Jadda, himself an inexperienced swimmer, dove in when he saw the boy struggling, and kept his head above water until rescuers came. Israeli legislators promised to help his pregnant wife and two children.
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