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


Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, former ZAKA head, dies year after attempted suicide

Meshi-Zahav had been accused of sexually assaulting women and children over a period of decades.

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.

13 wounded Ukrainians airlifted to Israel in joint rescue mission

Evacuees brought to Israel from Ukraine included several Holocaust survivors and a Jewish woman whose home was hit by a missile strike.

 Injured Ukrainians brought to Shaare Tzedek.

Grapevine: Perpetuating her name

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

ZAKA leader Rabbi Yehuda Meshi-Zahav and members of ZAKA, attend a simulation drill on June 21, 2011. Members of ZAKA, most of whom are Orthodox Jews, assist ambulance crews, aid in the identification of the victims of terror, road accidents and other disasters, and where necessary gather body parts

Holocaust survivor who died in China to be brought to Israel for burial

The body of a Jewish Holocaust survivor, Shmuel Yosef Briskin, who died in China before Rosh Hashanah, will be flown to Israel for burial by Chabad emissaries and the ZAKA international unit.

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

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.