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Ships collide off Israeli coast Ships collide off Israeli coast
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Two ships have collided off the coast of Israel and at least one of the vessels has sunk, officials have said.Two ships have collided off the coast of Israel and at least one of the vessels has sunk, officials have said.
The Israeli military said there were likely to be casualties. Reports suggested a small ship - either a fishing boat or a cargo vessel - sank when it collided with a passenger ship.
A spokesman for the Magen David Adom ambulance service told Reuters a fishing boat sank after it collided with a passenger ship off Haifa. The Israeli military said there were likely to be casualties. Two crew members from the smaller ship were said to be missing at sea.
The ambulance service said two crew members from the fishing boat were missing at sea, while 12 other crew had been rescued. At least 11 other sailors - all from Slovakia - were rescued, according to reports on Israeli radio.
Emergency crews said one woman from the passenger ship had suffered a minor injury, according to Spanish news agency EFE.
Military helicopters have been drafted in to help search for the missing sailors.
The collision was believed to have been an accident, possibly caused by a malfunction in the navigation equipment on the smaller vessel.