Intensive searchers are underway for an Israeli man who was swept away in a waterfall in Mexico on Wednesday.

The hiker has been identified as Yanai Rimon, 25, of Sderot.

Rimon was hiking with a friend near the Guatemalan border when he fell into a river from a height of five meters and was swept away in a strong current and then into a waterfall.

Israeli diplomats in Mexico are assisting in the search and updating the family.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)