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After 4 Days of Searching, Body of Missing Israeli Woman Found Off Crete Coast
- Rescue teams searched for 65-year-old Israeli Michal Pelek, who went missing near Kmbos village in eastern Crete last Wednesday.
- The disappearance followed Pelek’s hike along a rugged coastal route, and her phone stopped working on Thursday, prompting an extensive search.
- The search included Greece's 3rd EMAK unit, firefighters, police, coast guard, Red Cross, local volunteers, and Israeli family members using ground and aerial efforts.
- After six days missing and four days of searching, authorities found and identified Pelek's body in the open sea near the trail she was last seen on.
- Pelek’s family believes she likely slipped from a cliff into the water, ending search operations and highlighting risks of the coastal route she knew well.
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The Forensic Medicine Department proceeded with an autopsy on the morning of Wednesday, June 11, determining that there were no findings indicating that violence had been inflicted on the 65-year-old's body.
The results of the forensic report show that the Israeli woman fell to her death from a cliff, and did not die from drowning. • There is currently no suspicion of foul play and her body will be flown to Israel soon. • The family told Israel Hayom: "This is a terrible tragedy, we thank everyone who participated in the search efforts."
Few writers can describe a journey so perfectly. The writer and journalist Michal Peleg, who died in Crete, was one of them. Her writing about the places she visited was profound, far from clichés, and full of knowledge and wisdom.
At the end of long days of searching Peleg's body was pulled from the sea. Local police, who led the searches, are expected to send her for an autopsy. Her relative to Valais: “All the same it is an end and will somehow make it possible to think about closure”
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