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


ZAKA head forfeits position following sexual assault allegations

The Lahav 433 police unit also announced Saturday that it will open an investigation into the sexual assault allegations on Meshi-Zahav.

Yehuda Meshi Zahav, founder of ZAKA

Grapevine March 5, 2021: The ability to change

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

ZAKA FOUNDER Yehuda Meshi Zahav with former IDF Home Front Command head Maj.-Gen. Tamir Yadai.

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.