Knesset caucus hears testimony on Hamas’s brutal sexual violence
January 24, 2024 by Sveta Listratov
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“There will be some difficult things to digest here, so take a deep breath.” Read more
‘Nothing prepares you for it’: The volunteers collecting human remains from Hamas massacre
January 1, 2024 by Amelie Botbol
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WARNING! DISTRESSING CONTENT: “We’d walk into a room full of blood and see no sign of shooting or bombing. There, Hamas terrorists didn’t use a gun to kill their victims; they used an axe to chop them into pieces,” said Simcha Greiniman, volunteer emergency responder with the ZAKA organisation. Read more
Beyond the horror: An Israeli volunteer’s tale of identifying massacre victims
October 12, 2023 by Sveta Listratov
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Motty Bukchin has been identifying bodies from gruesome terror attacks for a quarter-century, but nothing prepared him for the scenes he encountered in devastated Gaza-area communities this week. Read more
Haredi: It’s OK to use the phone on Shabbat
April 5, 2020 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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ZAKA Search and Rescue volunteers visited the homes of over 60 confirmed coronavirus cases among haredi communities in Israel during this Shabbat in order to ensure they immediately self-isolate. Read more
Israeli aid delegation to Brazil locates and recovers bodies in the dam collapse disaster
January 30, 2019 by Lydia Weitzman
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Within hours of arriving at the site of the dam collapse disaster in Brazil, the Israeli aid delegation began to successfully locate and recover several bodies from the thick sludge. Read more
Israeli rescue unit has plans to operate in Australia
March 19, 2013 by J-Wire Staff
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Australian Ambassador to Israel Ms. Andrea Faulkner recently visited the Jerusalem headquarters of the ZAKA International Rescue Unit which has plans to expand to Australia. Read more