Israeli Tourism Minister Haim Katz said the Dead Sea marathon “is a symbol of the willpower and the tremendous love of life of the State of Israel and its citizens. The Dead Sea is a wonderful natural phenomenon in the lowest place in the world. From here, you can only go up.”
https://www.jns.org/6000-run-in-dead-sea-marathon-amid-gaza-war/
https://www.israel21c.org/6000-runners-defy-adversity-in-5th-dead-sea-marathon/