Jordanian navy detains man who tried to swim across from Israel into its territory

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The Jordanian navy detained a man who attempted to swim from Israel into Jordan's territorial waters. According to a statement from the Jordanian army, the incident took place yesterday, when local forces identified the man swimming across, reached the spot and detained him.

The man was handed over to the Jordanian authorities for further handling. According to the army's statement, it was an attempted infiltration into the kingdom's territory from the direction of Israel, which was foiled on Saturday.

Earlier, IDF forces foiled an attempted infiltration from Jordan by 6 foreign workers from Turkey and Sri Lanka, who crossed the border in the Dead Sea area using rubber boats.