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


Healing across borders: The story of the Planetherapy NGO

What began as a response to Oct. 7 trauma has grown into a global platform offering thousands of free emotional support sessions.

TAL NIR (L) and Ilana O’Malley.

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

Authorities called for the autopsies, given that the cause of death has not yet been definitively determined, while the families of the deceased petitioned the court against them.

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

ZAKA commander Simcha Greiniman on dignity, service, and the human cost of October 7

After commanding 18 weeks of field operations, Greiniman reflects on ZAKA’s mission in Israel and worldwide

Simcha Greiniman ,ZAKA Commander Modiin and International Representative

International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Cycling from Auschwitz to form the largest "NEVER AGAIN"

Starting from the Gate of Death a Czech cyclist will ride 1,000 km aiming - He is now appealing to the public with a personal request: "Join the first kilometer public ride".

The world’s largest “NEVER AGAIN” route, starting from the Gate of Death.

From 'disaster to disaster,' ZAKA official aids in recovery of cousin in Switzerland - interview

Baruck Niddam "felt a personal obligation" to participate in commanding the major operation of identification and recovery of the deceased from the Constellation fire.

BARUCK NIDDAM, ZAKA International Rescue and Recovery director general.

ZAKA announces it responded to over 7,000 cases in Israel and abroad in 2025 annual report

“Our volunteers work quietly and professionally to ensure every person is treated with respect and that families can bury their loved ones with dignity and certainty,” said ZAKA CEO Weissenstern

Zaka volunteers

US agency implements ZAKA’s knowledge

Building a fortress of resilience together, against those who seek to harm

Dubi Weissenstern CEO of ZAKA &  Exec Dir Moshe Rozenberg at the signing ceremony for the cooperation agreement in Washington with outgoing CEO of US National Sheriffs’ Association Jonathan Thompson

ZAKA, United Hatzalah send emergency teams to assist victims of Bondi Beach shooting

“This is a brutal terror attack targeting Jews because of their identity. ZAKA operates anywhere in the world where Jews are harmed," said Haim Weingarten, ZAKA’s deputy director of operations.

Two Zaka vans laden with emergency rescue packs in orange colored packagin parked outside departures waiting to make their way to check in.

ZAKA’s Rosenberg: 'We’re taking yesterday’s trauma to build a safer, kinder tomorrow'

ZAKA U.S. director details unprecedented October 7 toll and global impact of new trauma-care model 

Moshe Rosenberg, Executive Director Zaka Search and Rescue

Dozens rescued in severe flooding as Storm Byron wreaks havoc on Israel

14 Israelis rescued from vehicles across Yavne • Two students injured as tree collapses in Rishon Lezion • Netanya man found dead with severe hypothermia • 19-year-old from Bnei Brak still missing

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025