Watch: Israeli tourists on a boat in Sri Lanka push a local boat worker into the water while others laugh and take pictures.
According to Israeli journalist Daniel Amram, who shared their statement with X, the tourists say that it was a "consensual joke", that the employee knew about it and took part, that he was not injured, and that there was no intention to humiliate him.
"We are enlisting in a month. We are good children; We don't deserve this hatred."