ZAKA

High Court of Justice blocks autopsies of dead infants from Jerusalem daycare disaster

Authorities called for the autopsies, given that the cause of death has not yet been definitively determined, while the families of the deceased petitioned the court against them.

First responders at the scene where dozens of toddlers were suspected to have been badly poisoned at a daycare in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.
Simcha Greiniman ,ZAKA Commander Modiin and International Representative

ZAKA commander Simcha Greiniman on dignity, service, and the human cost of October 7

The world’s largest “NEVER AGAIN” route, starting from the Gate of Death.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Cycling from Auschwitz to form the largest "NEVER AGAIN"

BARUCK NIDDAM, ZAKA International Rescue and Recovery director general.

From 'disaster to disaster,' ZAKA official aids in recovery of cousin in Switzerland - interview


ZAKA volunteers comfort the bereaved Horgen family

Family members along with the volunteers, took part in the search of the Reihan forest, until the body of the deceased was found.

ZAKA MEDICAL personnel attend the scene where Ofir Hisdai was shot dead during an argument over a parking spot at the Azrieli Mall in Ramle on Sunday

ZAKA’s Initiative: Facilitating Burial in Israel for Jews Worldwide

Summary: ZAKA has seen a1,200% increase in demand for assistance in facilitating burial in Israel during COVID-19. From averaging 3 or 4 requests per week, ZAKA is now handling 7 per day.


The loneliness of quarantine – even for those surrounded by family

Quarantine means isolation. This is something we must all take very seriously.

A MAN pets his cat as he sits by the window of his Jerusalem apartment during a nationwide quarantine in March.

ZAKA calls for public vigilance as 121 people found dead alone this year

‘The neighbors told us that after a terrible smell began leaking into the stairwell, they called the police.’

ZAKA volunteers transfer body of 42-year-old found alone days after he died

Vietnam to give Israel 100,000 coronavirus face masks

The masks, produced by a local company called PSD, will be delivered to ZAKA volunteers in Israel.

Ambassador Nadav Eschar offers an award certificate to his Vietnamese counterparts.

ZAKA trains women from Deir al-Asad in CPR, first aid

The course also gave instruction regarding the coronavirus pandemic, and how to attend to and stymie the spread of infections.

ZAKA trains women of Deir Al Asad in lifesaving procedures; CPR, first aid

Grapevine: People who are invisible

At a staff meeting, the invisible person may have the best solution for a problem that is under discussion, but is never given the chance to propose it.

ZAKA volunteers recovering one of the Har Adar terror attack victims

ZAKA inaugurates motorcycle in memory of Amit Ben Yigal

"Ben Yigal was an exemplary soldier. All the people of Israel owe him our gratitude. This connection with ZAKA is so fitting."

St.-Sgt. Amit Ben Yigal's mother a special ceremony inaugurating a motorcycle in his name

ZAKA calls on public to stay in contact with elderly and lonely

On the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, the decaying body of an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor was found in her Beersheba home.

ZAKA first responders Yossi Frankel (right) and Benzi Oring with one of the organization’s emergency vehicles

Coronavirus heavily impacts French Jewish community, ZAKA buries victims

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Peretz, head of ZAKA France, alerted the Jewish community, saying that "we are counting bodies, and you are still debating the quarantine measures."

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Peretz, head of Zaka France: "We are counting bodies, and you are still debating about the quarantine measures."