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460:. Forensic teams reportedly dubbed the group "the team that sleeps with the dead" because they toiled nearly 24 hours a day at Buddhist pagodas in Thailand that had been transformed into morgues to identify those who died in the tsunami. The experience of ZAKA members, who reportedly see 38 bodies a week on average in Israel, helped the Israeli forensic team to identify corpses faster than many of the other forensic teams that operated in Thailand in the aftermath of the disaster, which placed them in high demand with grieving families.
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arrived with other yeshiva boys to provide first aid to the victims. On his way home, he concluded that if in the enemy's view everyone is equal, so too for him. In the 1990s, he arrived at the scenes of suicide bombing attacks in Israel, among other things, and treated the bodies of those killed. As
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A ZAKA leader acknowledged mistakes were made: "When we find bodies that are burned or in a state of decomposition, we can easily be mistaken and think the body is a child's ... Our volunteers were confronted with traumatic scenes and sometimes misinterpreted what they saw." ZAKA also stated that
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In the meantime, Zaka volunteers were there. Most of them worked at the sites of murder and destruction from morning to night. However, according to witness accounts, it becomes clear that others were engaged in other activities entirely. As part of the effort to get media exposure, Zaka spread
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in Israel. Most Jews believe Jews should be buried according to religious tradition, not cremated. ZAKA's founder Yehuda Meshi Zahav denied any involvement of ZAKA in the arson but called the existence of the crematorium a "desecration of the dead" and said that the crematorium was "destined to
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In response to the accusations, a senior ZAKA official said the organization had now "washed its hands" of Meshi-Zahav and that "given the accusations against him, it's very hard to remember the good that he's done. We always saw him with women and suspected that he was a deviant, but we never
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ZAKA volunteers respond to the scenes of violent attacks and homicides throughout Israel. The volunteers are trained paramedics and are on call 24/7. ZAKA collects the remains of the dead, including their blood, so that they may be buried in accordance with Jewish religious law. Volunteers are
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have also been debunked. For example, one volunteer discovered a girl's body with her pants pulled down and concluded that she had been sexually assaulted. Later, it was discovered that
Israeli soldiers had in fact dragged the body across the floor, causing the pants to fall.
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But that changed in 2021, just after it was announced that Zahav had won the esteemed Israel Prize - regarded as the country's highest cultural honour. A newspaper published accusations of how since the 1980s, Zahav had been using his status and power to assault women and
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to assist with search and recovery efforts. Working with the
Mexican military delegation and Jewish volunteers from Mexico, eight students trapped under the rubble of the collapsed eight-storey Port-au-Prince University building were rescued on the first day after their
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The unit's soldiers, as well as volunteers from other organizations, accused ZAKA volunteers of spreading stories of horrors that didn't happen, releasing sensitive and graphic photos to shock people into donating, and being unprofessional in a bid for screen
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also said that while hundreds of ZAKA volunteers did important work under challenging conditions, the organization acted unprofessionally on the ground, often mixing up the remains of multiple victims in the same bag and creating little or no documentation.
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In
February 2007, ZAKA sent a 10-person search and rescue team, consisting primarily of rescue divers, to Paris to search for a missing Israeli defense official. The mission was funded by the Defense Ministry at an expected cost of $
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suspected he was a pedophile or a rapist. In retrospect, this explains a lot of things we saw over the years. Following a suicide attempt in April 2021, Meshi-Zahav entered a coma and died in June 2022.
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Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, the celebrated founder of the Zaka rescue organization, had a darker side, taking advantage of his position for decades with the knowledge of others in the community, his accusers say
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and holidays. According to Jewish law, Jews may violate the
Sabbath to save a life, but not to deal with the dead. In 2010, ZAKA said it planned to increase its minorities units to 125 volunteers.
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report stated that in order to get media exposure, ZAKA spread accounts of atrocities that never happened and released sensitive and graphic photos in an effort to shock people into donating. The
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reported that ZAKA officials had known about the abuse allegations and worked to silence the claims. Meshi-Zahav subsequently resigned ZAKA leadership and relinquished the Israel Prize.
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in March 2021, multiple accusations surfaced of his having committed sexual assaults against women, girls and boys over several decades, with the knowledge of others in the community.
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refers to doing "kindness" for the benefit of the deceased, which is considered to be "true kindness", because the (deceased) beneficiaries of the kindness cannot return the kindness.
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Its volunteers are almost all ultra-Orthodox Jews. However as of 2010, more than 125 Muslim, Druze, and
Bedouin volunteers provided services to non-Jewish victims.
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due to geographic considerations). They are recognized by the
Israeli government. The full name is "ZAKA โ Identification, Extraction and Rescue โ True Kindness" (
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a result, ZAKA (Disaster Victim
Identification) was founded. In his capacity as Chairman of ZAKA, he worked for inter-religious and secular reconciliation.
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they are not forensics specialists. However, the debunked accounts have fed skepticism about Israel's description of the events of the Hamas attacks.
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crews, aid in the identification of the victims of violence, road accidents and other disasters, and where necessary gather body parts and spilled
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The organization traces its roots to a group of religious volunteers who assisted in the recovery of human remains after the
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accounts of atrocities that never happened, released sensitive and graphic photos, and acted unprofessionally on the ground.
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services, and help with the search for missing persons and participate in international rescue and recovery operations.
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investigation accused ZAKA of "negligence, misinformation and a fundraising campaign that used the dead as props".
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investigation accused them of "negligence, misinformation and a fundraising campaign that used the dead as props".
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to act against the
Palestinian resistance movement. The bus was later displayed at various US universities.
1489:"Israel Prize Winner, Zaka Founder Sexually Assaulted Boys, Girls and Women, Haaretz Investigation Reveals"
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1010:"Death and Donations: Did the Israeli Volunteer Group Handling the Dead of October 7 Exploit Its Role?"
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reported a membership of "more than 3,000 volunteers, most of them ultra-Orthodox Jewish men" in 2024.
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After acts of violence, ZAKA volunteers also collect the bodies and body parts of non-Jews, including
1309:"Israel team of volunteers to help with search and rescue efforts in Japan - Haaretz Daily Newspaper"
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1739:"How 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 fueled a global dispute over Israel-Hamas war"
397:, they started fund-raising on 8 October 2023. By 31 January 2024, they had raised over 50 million
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ZAKA faced insolvency before 7 October 2023. Given the job of retrieving the dead bodies after the
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216:, they started fund-raising on 8 October 2023. By 31 January 2024, they had raised over 50 million
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ZAKA faced insolvency before 7 October 2023. Given the job of retrieving the dead bodies after the
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The Cult of
Dismembered Limbs: Jewish Rites of Death at the Scene of Palestinian Suicide Terrorism
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1671:"Hamas Committed Documented Atrocities. But a Few False Stories Feed the Deniers"
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on 29 January 2004. The wreckage, along with pictures of victims, was taken to
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volunteers to serve Israel's non-Jewish communities, primarily
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Meet Israel's ZAKA, the group that fabricated the 'beheaded babies' story
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in late April 2015 to help search for casualties in the aftermath of the
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1605:"Zaka Founder Meshi-Zahav, Implicated in Decades of Sexual Abuse, Dies"
1103:"They Thought They Knew Death, but That Didn't Prepare Them for Oct. 7"
1048:"Zaka Jerusalem Inflated Data, and Got Millions of Shekels as a Result"
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Sexual and gender-based violence in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
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Rabbi Yechezkel (Hezki) Farkash, Head of Operations, Northern Region
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in March 2011 to assist in search-and-rescue after the devastating
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1704:"Israel social security data reveals true picture of Oct 7 deaths"
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ZAKA: Kindness Amid Terror - An Interview with a volunteer
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Gideon Aran, a Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at
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Greenwood, Hanan; Saban, Itsik; i24NEWS (17 March 2021).
1088:(Hebrew), December 2017 (hosted on the official website).
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731:"Zaka: The volunteers giving dignity to Israel's dead"
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1277:"ZAKA mission to Haiti 'proudly desecrating Shabbat'"
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to conduct search and rescue operations following a
913:"Bombed Israeli Bus on Display at Duke Oct. 12-13"
881:"Suicide bombing of Egged bus no. 19 in Jerusalem"
201:, each operating in a police district (two in the
1551:"Israel: Is this an ultra-Orthodox MeToo moment?"
634:Yossi Landau, Head of Operations, Southern Region
328:In 2005, ZAKA established a minorities unit with
2057:Medical and health organizations based in Israel
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382:In January 2016, after two failed attempts, the
359:, with the wreckage of the bus destroyed in the
1669:Hasson, Nir; Rozovsky, Liza (4 December 2023).
1487:Rabinowitz, Aaron; Elk, Shira (11 March 2021).
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545:. Danny Vovk, a driver, was killed during the
513:A ZAKA team was part of an Israeli mission to
435:International rescue & recovery operations
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1136:"Israelis bring skills at identifying bodies"
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782:ืืขืืจืฃ, ืืืืจ ืืฉืืชืืฃ ืคืืงืื (21 March 2021).
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524:In January 2019, a ZAKA team deployed in
418:In 2010, ZAKA volunteers numbered 1,500.
395:7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
386:granted ZAKA the status of a 'consultant
317:. ZAKA was formally established in 1995.
214:7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel
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1008:Rabinowitz, Aaron (31 January 2024).
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1549:Knell, Yolande (22 September 2022).
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1289:from the original on 9 November 2020
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1232:from the original on 12 October 2023
1193:"MDA, ZAKA dispatch teams to Mumbai"
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949:from the original on 25 January 2019
519:earthquake and subsequent avalanches
1825:Maital, Shlomo (28 November 2019).
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1101:Frenkel, Sheera (15 January 2024).
886:Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
784:"ืคืืงืื ืืขืืจืฃ ืืืง"ื ืืกืืืื ืืืฆืข ืืก."
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1603:Rabinowitz, Aaron (29 June 2022).
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1351:from the original on 29 April 2015
1321:from the original on 13 March 2011
1167:Lis, Jonathan (18 February 2007).
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1046:Breiner, Josh (18 December 2022).
968:Ziri, Danielle (28 January 2016).
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236:Members of ZAKA, most of whom are
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937:"'Arson' at Tel Aviv crematorium"
889:. 29 January 2004. Archived from
508:earthquake and subsequent tsunami
311:Tel Aviv Jerusalem bus 405 attack
729:Gunter, Joel (14 October 2023).
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1275:Levy, Amit (17 January 2010).
1220:"One Israeli Missing in Haiti"
1197:The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
921:. 10 June 2007. Archived from
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1943:Emergency Services in Israel
543:October 7, 2023 Hamas attack
458:2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
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1579:TOI Staff (16 March 2021).
1521:TOI Staff (12 March 2021).
695:"ZAKA expanding Arab units"
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592:2023 Hamas attack on Israel
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1872:Jewish Virtual Library
1084:9 January 2021 at the
547:Netiv HaAsara massacre
379:disappear in flames."
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151:http://www.zaka.org.il
1432:Aran, Gideon (2023).
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21:Zaka (disambiguation)
1713:Agence France Presse
1225:Israel National News
401:($ 13.7 million). A
252:. They also provide
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1882:1 June 2020 at the
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1681:on 20 December 2023
1635:www.israelhayom.com
1379:. 27 January 2019.
1264:on 19 January 2010.
814:The Times of Israel
229:allowed to work on
220:($ 13.7 million).
175:Zihuy Korbanot Ason
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1832:The Jerusalem Post
1803:Algemeiner Journal
1716:. 15 December 2023
1499:on 16 October 2023
1376:The Jerusalem Post
1199:. 27 November 2008
1181:on 29 August 2008.
1144:. 8 January 2005.
1107:The New York Times
1020:on 9 February 2024
975:The Jerusalem Post
945:. 23 August 2007.
893:on 7 February 2009
835:. 28 November 2019
567:Yehuda Meshi-Zahav
561:Yehuda Meshi-Zahav
483:among its targets.
429:The New York Times
322:Yehuda Meshi Zahav
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