ZAKA

Missing Israeli found dead on side of road in Finland after disappearing during solo cycling trip

The exact circumstances of his death are still under investigation, but the initial assessment is that he was struck by a vehicle while cycling.

A Finnish flag flies over the City Hall in Helsinki, Finland, February 10, 2024.
ZAKA international team pictured at Ben-Gurion Airport.

Israeli man in his 30s found dead in Thailand hotel room

ZAKA volunteers operating at one of the sites that was struck by an earthquake in Colombia, August 13, 2026.

ZAKA volunteers open temporary clinic amid search and rescue operations after Colombia earthquake

Israeli and Venezuelen flags stand together; illustrative

After 17 years, Israel and Venezuela begin rebuilding ties through humanitarian aid - comment


Man, 75, who climbed palm tree for a lulav dies after fall - report

Palm fronds, or lulavs, are part of the tradition of celebrating the holiday of Sukkot which will be celebrated next week.

Man holding lulav.

Israeli killed in Ukraine car crash to be flown to Israel for burial

Rabbi Avraham Levy died in a car crash after Rosh Hashanah on his way to the Kyiv Airport. Ten hassidim were injured in the crash.

 The rented minibus involved in an accident that killed 1 Hassid and injured 10

Bodies of Jerusalem yeshiva student plane crash victims land in US, UK

"Thanks to the activities of ZAKA representatives, Chabad emissaries and benefactors, the families will be able to "bury their loved ones even before Shabbat," ZAKA CEO Dubi Wiesenstern said.

Wreckages of the Ukrainian military Antonov An-26 plane are seen at its crash site outside of Chuhuiv town, Ukraine

Letters to the Editor July 19, 2021: Mass suicide is not painless

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Mount Meron: Why did it take 11 hours to transfer 45 bodies to Abu Kabir?

The final Meron victims were identified on Sunday morning at around 7 a.m. and released for burial the same day – nearly 55 hours after they died.

Israel works to identify 44 killed in Lag Ba'omer Mount Meron stampede

‘Identifying bodies from Meron Lag Ba'omer disaster could take hours’

Some 32 victims were identified and 22 released for burial before the onset of Shabbat.

Mourners attend the funeral of one of the victims of the Meron stampede that took place on Lag Ba'omer.

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, former ZAKA head, attempts suicide

Over the span of just a few months, Meshi-Zahav faced multiple sexual assault accusations and lost three first-degree family members to coronavirus.

Yehuda Meshi Zahav, Chairman Israel's Zaka rescue unit speaks at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021.

After day of debates, Channel 12 report on Meshi-Zahav will air

The network was in the midst of preparing an investigative program for the Thursday night news about the sexual assault allegations facing Meshi-Zahav when the news broke of his attempted suicide.

Yehuda Meshi Zahav, Chairman Israel's Zaka rescue unit poses for a picture outside his mother shiva, in the Ultra orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, January 19, 2021.

Meshi-Zahav to receive thousands of shekels in compensation from ZAKA

ZAKA has decided to transfer the money to him, even with the accusations against him.

Yehuda Meshi Zahav, Chairman Israel's Zaka rescue unit speaks at a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021.

Meshi-Zahav case: Alleged victim files first police complaint

Police detectives will use the testimony in order to better understand Meshi-Zahav's pattern of behavior.

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