ZAKA

Issachar Dov Spiegel pronounced dead after Netanya drowning, brother still missing

Rescuers from the Lehava unit under the Central District Command are leading the operation, assisted by ZAKA volunteers and additional special units.

Zaka volunteers
A ZAKA ambulance and El Al aircraft are seen at an airport in New Zealand, February 23, 2025

Elderly Israeli woman killed in New Zealand car accident, ZAKA says

ZAKA’s International Division discovered a man unconscious in his room in Paris, February 16, 2026.

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

Motorcycles are seen at a bustling street in Pattaya, Thailand (illustrative)

Israeli tourist killed in Thailand motorcycle crash while vacationing with wife


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.

Lahav 433

Tackling sexual abuse among ultra-Orthodox is especially difficult - analysis

How his activities did not come to light sooner?

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

Alleged victim of former ZAKA head claims his supporters are threatening her

The victim says she has received text messages that read: "You better shut your mouth."

Yehuda Meshi Zahav

Police open sex abuse investigation against ZAKA founder Meshi-Zahav

Meshi-Zahav on Friday forfeited on Friday his position as head of ZAKA as well as the Israel Prize he was set to receive this year.

Yehuda Meshi Zahav

Sexual assault in Israel: Victims need protection, not abusers

Sexual abuse occurs in every sector of society; it is not a problem belonging to any one community.

Abuse (Illustrative Photo)