Sri Lanka, Nov. 9 -- A video showing an Israeli tourist pushing a Sri Lankan tour guide off a boat and into the sea has gone viral on social media, prompting widespread criticism.

The footage, circulated by Russian media outlet RT, shows a group of Israeli tourists travelling on a boat in Sri Lanka when one of them suddenly pushes the male tour guide into the water while he is drinking.

The incident has triggered outrage online, with many social media users questioning the tourists' conduct and their treatment of the local guide.

Israeli journalist and social activist Daniel Amram, who brought the incident to public attention, later shared the tourists' explanation of what had happened.

According to Amram, the tourists insisted that t...