One found dead in mined IDF area near Dead Sea - police

One person was found dead on mined Israeli military property near the Dead Sea on Sunday morning, according to Israel Police. 

The individual was a Georgian citizen. He was found unconscious and his death was pronounced at the scene. Israeli media reported that he died of dehydration and that the group he was traveling with was traveling along a known smuggling route. 

An IDF helicopter along with members of Special Tactics Rescue Unit 669 were deployed to evacuate the body and rescue other individuals in the area.  

Rescue units initially found a group of four people, who were all evacuated from the area safely. After further searches, police located two more people, one of whom was the deceased.

Four of the six were foreign nationals, including another Georgian citizen and two residents of Sri Lanka, and two were Israeli. The two Israelis were arrested on suspicion of human trafficking. 

The foreign nationals were reportedly English speakers. 

Yonatan Yaakovovitz, an attorney from the center for Israeli Immigration Policy, stated on Sunday afternoon that "The phenomenon of infiltration from Jordan claimed its first documented death. Unfortunately, similar to the Sinai and basically anywhere else in the world, it will not be the last and there will be many more if the state does not create a normative barrier, immediately return the accommodation facilities, and prosecute infiltrators."

This is a developing story.