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Fire Service rescuers from the southern district on Wednesday morning 24 Iyar responded to a call for a man who fell in a pit near the Canyon Ashkelon Shopping Center.

The pit was described as three meters (9.8 feet) in depth. Magen David Adom paramedics treated the man, in his 50s whose condition was described as serious. He was transported after being placed under medical sedation and intubated.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photos: Fire Service S. District Spokesman + MDA Spokesman)