ZAKA

Israeli tourist, 51, found dead in Paris hotel room, ZAKA says

According to ZAKA, the man was discovered unconscious in his room, and local emergency teams pronounced him dead at the scene.

ZAKA’s International Division discovered a man unconscious in his room in Paris, February 16, 2026.
Motorcycles are seen at a bustling street in Pattaya, Thailand (illustrative)

Israeli tourist killed in Thailand motorcycle crash while vacationing with wife

TAL NIR (L) and Ilana O’Malley.

Healing across borders: The story of the Planetherapy NGO

First responders at the scene where dozens of toddlers were suspected to have been badly poisoned at a daycare in Jerusalem. January 19, 2026.

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


ZAKA chairman loses father to COVID while still sitting shiva for mother

"Death has knocked on our door ... landing stroke after stroke on us. All within 30 days. Our pain is as large as the ocean, who shall heal us?," ZAKA chairman Yehuda Meshi Zahav wrote.

Yehuda Meshi Zahav

This week in Jerusalem - A round-up of city affairs

What has been going on in Israel's capital this week?

YEHUDA MESHI-ZAHAV (at left, with Yair Lapid) issued a strong call to haredim this week

Mother of ZAKA founder and chairman succumbs to coronavirus

Sara Zisl Meshi Zahav, 81, died on Monday.

Yehuda Meshi Zahav

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