JERUSALEM — A man in Israel has died after he was attacked by a shark, police and the victim’s wife said Wednesday, after he went swimming in an area that draws dozens of the marine predator and also curious beachgoers.

After a two-day search, police said remains that had been found at the site of the attack on the country’s Mediterranean coast matched those of the man. Israeli media identified him as Barak Tzach, a man in his 40s and a father of four.

A shiver of endangered dusky and sandbar sharks has been swimming close to the area for years, attracting onlookers who approach the sharks and drawing pleas from conservation groups for authorities to separate people from the wild animal. In recent days, the waters drew large crowds who were seen swimming with the sharks. Some tugged on their tails and threw them food.

In a Facebook post, a woman identified by Israeli media as Tzach’s wife, said he had entered the waters with snorkeling gear and an underwater camera. It was not his first time swimming in this part of the sea, she said.

— The Associated Press