Diving Gone Wrong: Man Claims He Was Stung by Rare Animal in Ashkelon

A 40-year-old man is in moderate condition with a hand injury after being stung by a rare sea creature on Bar Kochba Beach. • Paramedics said: "We arrived at the scene and saw a diver near the water who told us he had been stung. We immediately evacuated him to the hospital." • This fish is common in shallow, warm waters - in Israel, the species Sharpnose Trigon is especially common.