10:57AM: Authorities are reporting the two talmidei yeshiva missing since Monday evening in Nachal Yarden have been found alive and well B’chasdei Hashem. The bochrim reside in Brechfeld and Beit Shemesh and are currently being questioned by Katzrin police.

EARLIER REPORT:
Police and other agencies on Tuesday morning were summoned during the predawn hours to assist in locating missing talmidei yeshiva in Nachal Yarden. The missing talmidim were last seen in a kayak near Yaakov Bridge on Monday evening and have not been seen since. An extensive search is going on at this time.

Two bochrim, 18, from a known litvish yeshiva, have been listed as “missing” since 6:00PM on Monday evening. According to their friends, they were last spotted near Yaakov Bridge in Nachal Yarden and their tracks have since disappeared.

Family members of the talmidim have been updated by authorities, as police, ZAKA, and other volunteers are taking part in the ongoing search. All attempts to call their phones have been unsuccessful as the phones are turned off.

ZAKA reports the organization was alerted to the situation at 6:00PM Monday evening, receiving a report a kayak with two talmidei yeshiva disappeared near Yaakov Bridge in Nachal Yarden. ZAKA notified police and its search & rescue personnel and the search began.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)