An American tourist whose body was found Monday morning washed up on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea after she went missing in a late-night swim on Saturday has been named as University of Kentucky student TeNiya Jones. Jones, a 19-year-old biology major with a minor in Islamic studies, was on a weekend visit to Israel from Jordan, where she was enrolled in a 7 week exchange program. She was due to return home to Fort Myers, Florida, in a week. A statement from the university said that Jones had disappeared off a beach at the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam on Saturday. She had entered the water with two friends and was pulled in by currents. Rescue forces, including divers, had been scouring the coast until her body washed up in Tel Aviv early Monday. The university said Jones was part of a group of exchange students in the region to study Arabic. The school is sending a representative to Tel Aviv and is making travel arrangements for Jones' mother and grandfather. Jones' mother, Tosha Thomas-Mora, was scheduled to travel to Israel on Monday. Photos: TeNiya Jones; The searching after her; Paramedics on the Tel Aviv waterfront after her body was found yesterday; The Tel Aviv suburb beach where she went missing
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