Sri Lanka’s ambassador to Israel, Nimal Bandara, told the local outlet Ceylon Today on Wednesday that two Sri Lankan nationals were missing and named them as Anula Ratnayake, 49, and Bandara Yatawara, 48. The Sri Lankan Embassy in Israel did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
Sangam Prasai, Lyric Li, Regine Cabato, Mary Ilyushina, Kelsey Ables and Bryan Pietsch contributed to this report.