The diver killed by sharks off the coast of Israel has been identified as a four -year -old father who used a Gopro camera stick to try to defend himself from predators, according to his afflicted family.
Barak Tzach, 40, jumped into the water to film the sharks on Hadera beach when a chilling video He showed him by stirring in the water, shouting for helpwhile he was attacked and dragged into the sea.
When the sharks began to approach too much, he used the Gopro stick to “move them away”, his family Said Israel National News.
The afflicted relatives denied rumors that the father had been trying to feed the sharks, as others filmed on the same beach the previous week, and had no bait when he entered the ocean with only one mask, snorkeling, a chamber of action.
“He entered the water to dive and photograph sharks, not to feed them or play with them,” said Tzach’s family.
A fisherman who witnessed the terrifying attack told the family that Tzach “swam next to the shark and then moved a little further. He photographed the sharks from a distance, but did not touch them or fed them.”
Tzach, or Petach Tikva, near Tel Aviv, was heard shouting: “They are biting me!” Before being dragged further to the sea on Monday, According to Israel’s times.
“Eat it, eat man!” A terrified witness cried, according to Disturbing video Circulating on social networks.
The human remains were discovered later almost 24 hours later on Tuesday after the officials closed the beach and launched a massive search in the area with divers, jetskis and helicopters.
The remains were later identified as Tzach.
Police said in an update that “the search will continue to locate additions and express our sincere condolences to the family that was informed of the results. We will accompany them through the complex process,” said Israel National News.
The width of the sharks was not immediately known, however, marine life experts believe that they were probably dark or in sandbars, which is typical harmless to humans and it is known that they swim on the coast of hasra for years.
Dark sharks can reach up to 13 feet long and weigh 750 pounds, Waseas sandburons are smaller, growing at approximately 8 feet and 220 pounds.
Yigael Ben-Orar, head of marine rangers of the authority of nature and parks of Israel, said that this would only be the third shark attack registered in Israel in the last 80 years.
