ZAKA
Sign in to saveZAKA (, abbreviation for Zihuy Korbanot Ason, , ) is a series of voluntary post-disaster response teams in Israel, each operating in a police district (two in the Central District due to geographic considerations). They are recognized by the Israeli government. The full name is "ZAKA – Identification, Extraction and Rescue – True Kindness" (). The two largest ZAKA factions are Zaka Tel Aviv and ZAKA Search and Rescue.
Key facts
- Organization.name
- ZAKA
- Organization.native name
- זק"א
- Organization.native_name_lang
- he
- Organization.logo
- Zaka Logo.svg
- Organization.logo_size
- 205
- Organization.purpose
- First aid, search and rescue, Jewish burial
- Organization.location_country
- Israel
- Organization.leader_title
- CEO
- Organization.leader_name
- Dubi Weissenstern
- Organization.founder
- Yehuda Meshi Zahav
- Organization.volunteers
- >3,000
- Organization.volunteers_year
- 2023
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Background
- History
- Organization
- International rescue and recovery operations
- Casualties and injuries
- Controversies
- Yehuda Meshi-Zahav
- October 7 attacks
- Key people
- See also
- References
- External links
ZAKA (, abbreviation for Zihuy Korbanot Ason, , ) is a series of voluntary post-disaster response teams in Israel, each operating in a police district (two in the Central District due to geographic considerations). They are recognized by the Israeli government. The full name is "ZAKA – Identification, Extraction and Rescue – True Kindness" (). The two largest ZAKA factions are Zaka Tel Aviv and ZAKA Search and Rescue.
ZAKA faced insolvency before 7 October 2023. Given the job of retrieving the dead bodies after the October 7 attacks, they started fund-raising on 8 October 2023. By 31 January 2024, they had raised over 50 million shekels ($13.7 million). According to Haaretz, ZAKA's conduct in the aftermath of the attacks was unprofessional, including mixing up remains and spreading misinformation about atrocities that never happened in order to raise money.