Rescuers in New Zealand found the body of a missing Israeli tourist. A combined New Zealand-Israeli team discovered the remains of Liat Okin on Friday in the Fiordland canyon in southern New Zealand, Ha’aretz reported. Okin, 35, had apparently lost her way during a hike and subsequently froze to death.
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