ZAKA Search and Rescue

Founded in 1995, ZAKA is Israel’s dominant non-governmental rescue and recovery organization, with over 3,000 volunteers deployed worldwide.

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For Saving, For Honoring: A quick introduction to ZAKA, accompanied by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach's "Shuvi Nafshi" sang by the volunteers.

Explore and support ZAKA's rescue, extraction, and identification work at https://t.co/48vYrE348x

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June is PTSD Awareness Month. For ZAKA, it opens a conversation we don’t often have in public.

ZAKA volunteers are, by necessity, people built for hard things. They respond to thousands of calls each year — saving lives and ensuring the dignified recovery and identification of those lost in terror attacks, accidents, crime scenes, disasters, unattended deaths, and missing persons cases.

For many of them, the toll doesn’t arrive as a dramatic break. It accumulates. It lives in the volunteer who looks, from the outside, like he’s handling it — and is quietly carrying more than he should carry alone.

The strength that makes ZAKA volunteers exceptional is also what makes the weight hardest to put down.

ZAKA’s Resilience Unit was built for that reality. Thanks to you — our partners in True Loving-Kindness — the unit is providing real places for volunteers to process what they carry:

🏥 PRIVATE THERAPY
One-on-one clinical care with certified trauma specialists.

🛡️ RESILIENCE RETREATS
Monthly two-day workshops where volunteers can step away and begin to work with what they’ve witnessed.

🛠️ THERAPEUTIC GROUP SESSIONS
Equine therapy, carpentry, therapeutic cooking, and agriculture — structured experiential work that supports both body and mind, across the country.

🏠 FAMILY SUPPORT
Dedicated weekends in Jerusalem for couples and families, because the effects of this work reach beyond the volunteer.

🤿 DIVING AND BREATHWORK
Workshops that teach physiological tools for regulating stress and anxiety.

❤️ View details and consider enabling trauma recovery and resilience training programs for ZAKA volunteers at: https://t.co/vR3Y6lFfTx

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💓 ZAKA OPERATIONAL UPDATE
▫️ SEARCH & RECOVERY AT SEA: NETANYA, HOF TZANZ BEACH

ZAKA's Special Units volunteers deploy year-round to missing person searches, sea and cliff recoveries, and at-risk individuals who need to be found before the clock runs out. The following is one such recent operation.

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On a Friday afternoon in early April, two brothers were swept out to sea at Hof Tzanz beach in Netanya. Yissachar Dov Spiegel z"l, 21, was pulled from the water in critical condition and rushed to Laniado Hospital. His younger brother, Avraham Yeshayahu z"l, 17, was missing.

ZAKA's Special Units - the Divers Unit, Drone Unit, Jet Ski teams, and Jeep Unit - deployed alongside the local Netanya team, working in full coordination with the Israel Police, the Marine Police, and the Lehava Unit (the elite unit of the Fire and Rescue Services).

Friends of the missing teen from his Tifrach yeshiva came down to walk the beach alongside the volunteers. Teams divided the coast into sectors, returned to points already scanned again and again, and worked through the night with flashlights and dedicated equipment.

By the fifth day - with the sea finally calm enough for divers to go deeper - a careful situational analysis redrew the search sectors. ZAKA's Special Units focused on the northern stretch around Blue Bay; the Marine Police and Lehava worked Hof Tzanz and southward.

Midway through the operation, Yissachar Dov z"l passed away at Laniado. Eliezer Lifschitz, head of ZAKA's Netanya team, left the dunes and went straight to the hospital to be with the parents. The funeral set out the next day from the family home in Jerusalem.

In the same hours that the family accompanied their elder son to his rest, the search for the younger continued without pause.

💬 "After a week of searching, we already know every meter of this ground - but we don't stop. We come back to the same places again and again, because we know that sometimes that's exactly where the moment comes when you find. We won't leave until we bring an answer to the family." - Eliezer Lifschitz, Head of ZAKA Netanya Team

That night, more than 250 civilians from across Israel - without any official call - arrived at Blue Bay in the middle of the night to join the search, fanning out along kilometers of coast with flashlights in hand.

On the tenth day, a sailing instructor leading a training cruise off the Herzliya coast spotted the missing teen in the water. With the direct intervention of Rabbi Asher Landau, head rabbi of the Forensic Medicine Institute, the identification process was completed quickly and with care. A ZAKA ambulance carried Avraham Yeshayahu z"l to his burial in Jerusalem that night.

💬 "This was a complex operation that lasted long days, and even after we found him we kept working with full determination to complete the identification and the release. It is a painful moment, but it also brings closure for the family after days of uncertainty." - Chaim Weingarten, ZAKA VP of Operations

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May the memory of Yissachar Dov z"l and Avraham Yeshayahu z"l be a blessing.

ZAKA thanks the Israel Police, the Marine Police, and the Lehava Unit for their partnership throughout the search.

As you read these words, ZAKA volunteers are responding to one of thousands of annual calls for help - they rely on you, our partners in true loving-kindness, to enable their work.

❤️ Please consider becoming the volunteers' partner in the mitzvahs of saving and honoring lives. Explore and support ZAKA's work: https://t.co/zKbP2CTTqG

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Holding the Line Together: Haifa

Yesterday, a residential building in Haifa was struck, resulting in a structural collapse. Four people lost their lives, and eight others required immediate medical care.

ZAKA Northern District volunteers were on the scene immediately, operating tirelessly through the night alongside the Home Front Command and other emergency agencies.

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The site presented extreme operational challenges. For 17 continuous hours, ZAKA volunteers worked hand-in-hand with national search and rescue units through the debris, navigating shattered concrete, iron, and glass with specialized equipment to account for everyone missing. With reverence, ZAKA teams then assisted the forensic identification units to care for those who were lost, ensuring they were transferred with full dignity and respect.

❝This was an incredibly difficult and complex scene following the collapse of a residential building. Upon receiving the call, we rushed to the site, assisting the forces in searching through the rubble to locate the missing. Tragically, during our prolonged efforts, four individuals were found to have passed away. We are now working together with all the forces to respectfully manage this complex scene and ensure the utmost dignity for the deceased.❞ - Dudi Rosenberg, Deputy Operations Commander, ZAKA Northern District

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ZAKA continues to accompany the grieving families and support the authorities for as long as they are needed.

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May their memories be a blessing.

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❤️ Thank you for enabling the volunteers' mission as a partner in true acts of loving-kindness. Please consider helping ZAKA hold the line with fuel for emergency vehicles and generators, medical supplies, rescue and recovery tools, protective gear, and field support equipment: https://t.co/fCtYjYTHAg

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Holding the Line Together: From North to South

Over the past week, ZAKA volunteers have been heavily deployed nationwide to assist in complex rescues, support communities in crisis, and carry out missions of Loving-Kindness under difficult conditions.

In the north and center, teams have been responding to impact sites. Volunteers worked to help extract individuals trapped in damaged buildings, ensuring they were brought to safety and transferred for medical care. Volunteers have also stood by families who suffered heartbreaking losses, treating every individual with the utmost respect and care.

In the south, cities including Arad and Dimona experienced damage to residential areas. ZAKA volunteers worked for hours alongside Home Front Command units, systematically searching the debris to ensure no one was left behind, miraculously concluding with no lives lost in those search efforts. In Ashkelon, teams responded with care and dignity to support a family following a heartbreaking loss that occurred as sirens sounded.

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Across all these scenes, volunteers operated methodically and with unwavering dedication - conducting rescues from shattered buildings, clearing debris, and respectfully completing their duties. In many locations, teams had to repeatedly pause their critical work to seek cover as sirens continued to sound.

❝The scenes were incredibly complex. While we were operating, multiple sirens sounded; we had to pause, take cover in a protected space, and return again and again to continue our work. ZAKA volunteers operate under the most challenging conditions, driven by a deep sense of mission to assist wherever needed and ensure true dignity for all.❞ - Baruch Golan, Team Commander, ZAKA Northern District

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ZAKA will continue accompanying the families and supporting authorities for as long as they are needed, to honor the fallen and protect the living.

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May we see a swift recovery for all the injured, and may the memories of those we have lost be a blessing.

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❤️ Thank you for enabling our volunteers' mission as a partner in true acts of loving-kindness. Please consider helping ZAKA hold the line with fuel for emergency vehicles, rescue tools, protective gear, and field support equipment: https://t.co/fCtYjYTHAg

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When a synagogue and community shelter were struck earlier this month, ZAKA volunteers were on the scene within minutes.

9 lives were lost. Searching through the rubble, our teams ensured every victim was recovered and every life lost treated with dignity.

❤️ Please consider helping ZAKA volunteers hold the line with fuel for emergency vehicles and generators, medical supplies, rescue and recovery tools, protective gear, and field support equipment:
🔗 https://t.co/fCtYjYTHAg

[Natan Levy ✡︎ @Natan_Levy]

Most people never see what happens after a missile hits a home or after a terrorist attack.

After the headlines fade, someone still has to go into the destruction, search for survivors, and recover the victims.

This is done by the volunteers of ZAKA Search & Rescue @ZakaOrg .

These volunteers respond to thousands of incidents every year - terror attacks, rocket strikes, accidents, and disasters in Israel and around the world. Their work is incredibly difficult, but it’s driven by one simple mission: making sure every victim is treated with dignity and respect, and that families are able to have closure.

Right now, with Israel facing war on multiple fronts and antisemitic attacks rising worldwide, ZAKA is under enormous pressure and running low on critical equipment, supplies, and funding needed to continue their work.

These volunteers show up when the situation is at its worst. They deserve our support.

If you can, please consider donating through this link ⤵️

https://t.co/um4FAfbZWP

And if donating isn’t possible, sharing this post, liking it, and commenting will also help more people see it and support this incredible organization.

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Following the nationwide deployment of Operation Lion's Roar - which put ZAKA's existing protective gear stock to use across every district in the country - newly trained volunteers need 300 to 500 helmet and protective vest sets to form the reserve from which they are equipped as they complete their training and take the field.

Each set consists of a hard-shell fragmentation helmet and a protective vest with extended shoulder and neck coverage - designed specifically for the conditions ZAKA volunteers encounter: collapsed structures, missile impact sites, and scenes where active fire or shooting threats are present. Together they protect against shrapnel, fragmentation, falling debris, and blunt force trauma - including the exposure points standard vests leave unprotected.

❤️ Take part in the mitzvah of saving lives and honoring lives lost. Equip the next generation of ZAKA volunteers with protective gear: https://t.co/TKcw3LxoF7

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Holding the Line Together: Beit Shemesh

At midday today, a missile struck a residential neighborhood in Beit Shemesh.

It hit a synagogue, collapsing a public bomb shelter - the place where families had gathered to be safe. Nine people were killed, among them children. Dozens more were injured, including a four-year-old boy and a girl in serious condition.

ZAKA volunteers from Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem were on the scene within minutes.

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The strike had affected multiple locations simultaneously. At each site, volunteers searched the debris methodically, meter by meter, to make sure no one remained beneath. At the same time, volunteers reverently recovered the deceased and brought them to a temporary collection point established on-site, from which they were transferred with full dignity to the Institute of Forensic Medicine.

❝Forces operated simultaneously at several sites - searching, clearing and recovering findings from within the rubble, while also carrying out an orderly evacuation of the victims to a temporary collection point established on-site. All activity is being carried out in full coordination with security forces and with the utmost care for the dignity of the deceased.❞ - Chaim Weingarten, VP of Operations, ZAKA

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ZAKA resilience support teams - led by division head Vered Atzmon-Meshulam - were deployed to the scene alongside our operational volunteers. Our volunteers will carry today with them.

ZAKA will continue accompanying the families and supporting the relevant authorities for as long as they are needed.

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May their memory be a blessing to their families and to all of Israel.

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❤️ Thank you for enabling the volunteers' mission as a partner in true acts of loving-kindness. Please consider helping ZAKA hold the line with fuel for emergency vehicles and generators, medical supplies, rescue and recovery tools, protective gear, and field support equipment: https://t.co/fCtYjYTHAg

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With the launch of Operation Lion's Roar, ZAKA has completed broad deployment across every district and region in the country.

Volunteers are operating around the clock - responding to every scene that demands ZAKA's presence, while fully prepared for missile impacts on residential buildings and city centers, search operations in damaged structures, and mass casualty events across multiple simultaneous sites.

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NATIONWIDE DEPLOYMENT

The entire fleet has been inspected, protective gear issued, and force positioning is continuously updated in accordance with developments on the ground. Every specialist unit is fully activated.

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COMMAND & COORDINATION

ZAKA representatives are embedded in a joint command post alongside Israel Police, Home Front Command, and security forces, maintaining real-time situational awareness. Command teams are equipped with satellite phones and alternative communication devices to ensure uninterrupted operations in any scenario.

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READINESS DRILL

In the days prior to the operation, ZAKA conducted a full mobilization drill across all volunteer units - covering complex response scenarios including communication overloads, network failures, and large-scale multi-site incidents.

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ZAKA continues to conduct ongoing situation assessments and update force deployment in accordance with developments on the ground and security force directives.

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❤️ Help ZAKA hold the line with fuel for emergency vehicles and generators, medical supplies, rescue and recovery tools, protective gear, and field support equipment:
https://t.co/fCtYjYTHAg

🇮🇱 Am Yisrael Chai

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In the month of Adar, we remember that we are only half without one another and the Mitzvah of the Half-Shekel makes it tangible. It summoned every soul to contribute an identical portion toward the communal offering. Every soul weighed the same and only together does the offering become whole.

❤️ Fulfill the remembrance as a partner in true loving-kindness by supporting ZAKA's work of saving lives and honoring lives lost: https://t.co/u7L36Cw2Yq

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Thanks to you, our partners in TRUE LOVING-KINDNESS, on January 6, 2026, ZAKA’s Resilience Unit convened its latest recovery retreat, bringing together volunteers for several days of clinical processing and spiritual restoration.

The retreat featured a unique collaboration with Israeli Olympic medalist Peter Paltchik. Addressing the group, Paltchik acknowledged the disparity between the public recognition of an athlete and the silent work of ZAKA volunteers who operate behind the scenes. In a symbolic gesture, he shared his Olympic medal with the volunteers, designating it for those who perform acts of kindness beyond the natural order.

This retreat is part of a continuous, data-driven effort to mitigate the long-term psychological impact on those who handle the most difficult scenes.

🧘 RECOVERY THROUGH DISCONNECTION
A two-to-three-day withdrawal from the world. Much like the spiritual disconnection of Yom Kippur, these workshops allow volunteers to stop the "doing" and focus on the "being," creating the mental space necessary for soul-level cleansing.

🏅 MENTAL STRENGTHENING & PEER SUPPORT
Dialogue and extraordinary emotional openness. The retreat provides a protected environment where volunteers can process what they have seen with the only people who truly understand: their fellow team members.

🛠️ RESILIENCE TOOLS FOR THE FUTURE
Beyond immediate relief, the unit provides structured psychological protocols. Volunteers leave equipped with physiological and mental tools to manage acute stress and anxiety as they return to their daily mission.

🤝 PUBLIC RECOGNITION AS THERAPY
Collaborations with national figures like Peter Paltchik serve a therapeutic purpose: validating, honoring and reinforcing the volunteers who do not expect but deserve the highest form of societal support.

As you watch these volunteers find the strength to heal, please remember that they remain on call 24/7. They are the ones who respond to terror attacks, accidents, and unattended deaths, ensuring that every life is treated with dignity.

❤️ Please consider enabling personalized therapies, experiential renewals (wilderness, diving, horsemanship), family aid, crisis tools, and spiritual support for volunteers: https://t.co/vR3Y6lFfTx

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January 15th. 15:00. The Gate of Death, Auschwitz.

ZAKA and Czech cyclist Lukáš Klement are uniting to turn a symbol of despair into a journey of hope. Lukáš will embark on a 1,000 km odyssey across the Polish landscape to physically trace the words NEVER AGAIN on the map, starting from a point that symbolizes one of the most horrific acts of mass murder in history.

"After the attack in Sydney and just before Holocaust Remembrance Day, this is my answer to the terrorists: a cross-border - cross-cultural project that connects people regardless of race, gender, or religion."

Lukáš calls this a natural partnership, as ZAKA is a professional organization dedicated to honoring lives lost and saving the living.

If you are in Europe:
Join the first kilometer of the ride at the gate.

If you are in North America:
While you cannot physically be at the gate in Poland, we can still come together. We have opened a WhatsApp group to:

- Cheer Lukáš on
- Track the "Never Again" route
- Come together in support and share your stories

Join the group here:
https://t.co/BEZCoe7zMm

Support ZAKA's work here:
https://t.co/zKbP2CTTqG

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💓 ZAKA UPDATE:
▫️ INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT: SWITZERLAND

In the aftermath of the tragic fire disaster at a bar in Crans-Montana on January 1, ZAKA’s International Rescue Unit has been operating on the ground, supporting Swiss authorities in recovery and identification efforts.

With great sorrow, we confirm that all three missing young women - two local Jewish sisters and one Israeli citizen - were located and identified among the deceased.

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[OPERATIONS] ENSURING DIGNITY:
For several days, ZAKA teams have been working to ensure the dignity of the deceased. These efforts are being conducted in full coordination with Swiss police and rescue forces, with the vital support of the Israeli Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Mr. Tibor Schlosser.

The volunteers are also working closely with the Chabad Rabbi of Crans-Montana, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Pevzner, and his father, the Head of the Chabad Community in Geneva, Rabbi Mendel Pevzner.

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[LOGISTICS] SPECIALIZED SUPPORT:
To support the ongoing work at the disaster site, specialized logistical equipment was dispatched directly from Israel. This ensures that our teams have the dedicated resources necessary to assist local authorities as professionally and efficiently as possible.

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[LEADERSHIP] ON THE GROUND:
Under the leadership of ZAKA Europe Commander Nachman Dyksztejn, volunteers continue to provide support to all those impacted by this disaster.

“We came here to help in any way we can,” said Dyksztejn. “This mission is about human life and dignity. We work side-by-side with Swiss authorities, and our presence has been welcomed and appreciated.”

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ZAKA remains committed to honoring lives lost, aiding the living, and standing in solidarity with victims worldwide.

May their memory be a blessing.
יהי זכרם ברוך

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❤️ Support ZAKA's work: https://t.co/zKbP2CTTqG

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💓 ZAKA UPDATE:
▫️ INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT: SWITZERLAND

ZAKA’s International Unit has immediately mobilized in response to the severe disaster at the Crans-Montana ski area in Switzerland. Following reports of dozens killed, over one hundred injured, and individuals still missing, ZAKA teams from the region are currently en route to the scene.

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[DEPLOYMENT] CRANS-MONTANA, SWITZERLAND:
Upon receiving the initial reports, ZAKA acted immediately to dispatch teams from the International Unit who live in the region. They are currently making their way to the disaster site to assist in locating the missing individuals and to provide whatever support is needed, in full coordination with local authorities and the Jewish community.

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[LEADERSHIP] ON THE GROUND:
The ZAKA Europe command is overseeing the regional response. ZAKA Europe Commander Nachman Dickstein is coordinating the deployment of volunteers to ensure the teams operate effectively and in alignment with local emergency services.

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[LOGISTICS] SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT:
In parallel with the deployment of personnel, ZAKA’s Logistics Center dispatched a shipment of specialized logistical equipment on the first available flight. This gear was sent as part of an overall preparedness effort to support continued operations at the scene.

"From the moment we received the reports, we immediately prepared to dispatch logistical equipment to the field," said Reuven Reuven, Head of ZAKA Logistics. "This enables the local teams to operate at the scene as quickly and professionally as possible."

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❤️ Support ZAKA's emergency deployment: https://t.co/zKbP2CTTqG

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💓 ZAKA UPDATE:
▫️ MISSION COMPLETE: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

The ZAKA delegation has officially concluded its emergency mission in Sydney. After days of intensive, around-the-clock operations, our volunteers have ensured that the final acts of Chesed Shel Emes (true loving-kindness) were performed for all fifteen victims of the tragic Hanukkah incident.

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[OPERATIONAL] FINAL RECOVERY CONCLUDED:
Following the strategic access granted to the restricted zones at Bondi Beach, ZAKA volunteers from Israel and South Africa meticulously processed multiple sites. The team worked in full coordination with the Australian Federal Police and local emergency services to recover all findings, ensuring every victim can be brought to a complete burial according to Halacha.

"Our mission was to ensure that no detail was overlooked and that the highest level of dignity was restored to the victims," reported the Command Center. "We are now departing with the knowledge that our task is complete."

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[LEADERSHIP] SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY:
Before departing, the delegation, led by Yossi Landau, met with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman of Chabad of Bondi. Rabbi Ulman—whose community was at the center of the incident and who tragically lost his son-in-law, Rabbi Eli Schlanger—expressed the community's profound gratitude for ZAKA's presence.

"Our community has suffered an immense loss," Rabbi Ulman stated. "ZAKA's volunteers are like angels; I saw firsthand the sacred work they did at the scene. It requires incredible strength of spirit, and we thank them for standing with us in our darkest hour."

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[SUMMARY] RETURNING HOME:
The specialized equipment and personnel are now being demobilized. This deployment serves as a testament to ZAKA’s commitment: wherever a community is in pain, ZAKA will be there to provide professionalism, sensitivity, and the promise that no one is left behind.

"We came with a deep sense of mission that knows no borders," said Yossi Landau. "We leave knowing that the families now have the peace of mind that their loved ones were treated with the utmost respect and sanctity."

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❤️ Enable ZAKA's volunteers: https://t.co/zKbP2CTTqG

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💓 ZAKA UPDATE:
▫️ INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT: AUSTRALIA

ZAKA’s International Unit has immediately mobilized in response to the heartbreaking mass casualty incident at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. A special delegation from Israel has now landed, joined forces with the ZAKA South Africa Unit, and entered the primary incident zone.

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[OPERATIONAL] INSIDE THE CLOSED ZONE:
Following a strategic assessments with Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett, ZAKA teams were granted special permission to access the restricted "Closed Zones" at Bondi Beach.

This critical access allows ZAKA's joint Israeli-South African delegation to operate at the very center of the scene. The area, described by volunteers as being "frozen in time" since the incident, is now being professionally processed to ensure that every necessary finding is recovered and treated with the highest level of dignity.

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[RESPONSE] EXTENSIVE RECOVERY MISSION:
This is a complex operation spanning multiple locations. Since landing, volunteers have been operating through the night, combing through the site to locate vital findings that require recovery.

"The mission is clear and sacred," reports the Command Center. "We are working to ensure that no detail is overlooked and that full respect is returned to the families who have lost so much."

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[LEADERSHIP] ON THE GROUND:
The operation is led by Yossi Landau, a veteran of ZAKA's most complex international missions.

"We traveled from Israel with a deep sense of mission that knows no borders," Landau stated from the site. "We are here to support the community in their most difficult hour. We will not leave until our task is finished with the utmost sensitivity and professionalism."

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[LOGISTICS] SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT:
To support this extensive effort, ZAKA’s Logistics Center dispatched a substantial shipment of dedicated equipment along with the delegation.

"This is a large-scale logistical mobilization," reported Reuven Reuven, Head of Logistics. "Within a very short time, we dispatched a substantial amount of dedicated equipment. This ensures our teams can operate independently and continuously from the very first moment they arrive."

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❤️ Support ZAKA's emergency deployment: https://t.co/zKbP2CUrge

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💓 ZAKA UPDATE:
▫️ INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT: AUSTRALIA

ZAKA’s International Unit has immediately mobilized in response to a horrific terror attack targeting the Jewish community during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney - resulting in dozens of casualties. A special delegation from Israel is currently en route to join local volunteers already operating at the scene.

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[DEPLOYMENT] SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA:
ZAKA's International Unit, in coordination with Jewish community leadership and local emergency authorities, has dispatched this specialized team to assist in the identification of victims, ensure Kavod HaMet (dignity of the dead), and support the bereaved families.

"This is a cruel terror attack targeted against Jews simply for their identity," said Chaim Weingarten, ZAKA VP of Operations. "ZAKA operates anywhere in the world where Jews are harmed. We are there to ensure the dignity of the murdered is preserved and to provide families with a human, respectful embrace during their darkest moments."

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[LEADERSHIP] ON THE GROUND:
The delegation is led by Yossi Landau, ZAKA Lachish Commander, a veteran of ZAKA's most complex recovery missions. The team departed on a special flight just hours after the attack to reinforce the ZAKA volunteers and emergency teams in Australia.

"We are departing Israel now to join the teams already operating in the field," Landau stated before boarding. "This is a difficult and complex event. Our delegation is prepared to work alongside local forces with the utmost professionalism, sensitivity, and full coordination."

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[LOGISTICS] SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT:
To handle the complexity of the crime scene, ZAKA’s Logistics Center dispatched a massive shipment of dedicated equipment along with the delegation.

"This is a large-scale logistical mobilization," reported Reuven Reuven, Head of Logistics at ZAKA. "Within a very short time, we dispatched an substantial amount of dedicated equipment. This ensures our teams can operate independently, continuously, and professionally from the very first moment they arrive."

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❤️ Support ZAKA's emergency deployment: https://t.co/zKbP2CTTqG

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Thanks to you, our partners in TRUE LOVING-KINDNESS, ZAKA's Resilience Unit is delivering the specialized care volunteers need to recover from trauma and rebuild resilience for themselves and their families. After two years of unprecedented toll, the unit has already provided the following resources to hundreds of volunteers:

🏥 750+ HOURS OF PRIVATE THERAPY
Funded one-on-one clinical care for volunteers requiring deep therapeutic intervention with trauma specialists.

🛡️ 13 INTENSIVE PROCESSING RETREATS
Monthly two-day resilience workshops offering neutral, protected spaces for volunteers to decompress and process high trauma exposure.

🛠️ 100+ THERAPEUTIC GROUP SESSIONS
Clinical processing groups and experiential therapy across the country. Sessions integrate structured psychological protocols with equine therapy, carpentry, therapeutic cooking, and agriculture.

🏠 FAMILY UNIT STABILIZATION
Four dedicated couples resilience weekends in Jerusalem, equipping dozens of couples with tools to stabilize communication and recover together.

🤿 SPECIALIZED PHYSIOLOGICAL TOOLS
Diving and breathing regulation workshops for dozens of volunteers, teaching physiological techniques to manage acute stress and anxiety.

🔬 PROFESSIONAL AND MEDICAL OVERSIGHT
Direct access to collaborating professionals for urgent interventions, plus a comprehensive academic study measuring PTSD levels and tracking recovery progress across the unit.

As you read these words, ZAKA volunteers are responding to one of thousands of annual calls for help. They save lives and honor lives lost in the most traumatic circumstances: terror attacks, accidents, crime scenes, disasters, unattended deaths, and missing persons.

❤️ Please consider enabling personalized therapies, experiential renewals (wilderness, diving, horsemanship), family aid, crisis tools, and spiritual support for volunteers: https://t.co/vR3Y6lFfTx

[ZAKA Search and Rescue @ZakaOrg]

As you read these words, ZAKA volunteers are responding to one of thousands of annual calls for help. They save lives and honor lives lost in the most traumatic circumstances: terror attacks, accidents, crime scenes, disasters, unattended deaths, and missing persons.

Thanks to you, our partners in TRUE LOVING-KINDNESS, ZAKA's Resilience Unit is delivering the specialized care volunteers need to recover and rebuild resilience for themselves and their families. After two years of unprecedented toll, the unit has already provided the following resources to hundreds of volunteers:

🏥 750+ HOURS OF PRIVATE THERAPY
Funded one-on-one clinical care for volunteers requiring deep therapeutic intervention with trauma specialists.

🛡️ 13 INTENSIVE PROCESSING RETREATS
Monthly two-day resilience workshops offering neutral, protected spaces for volunteers to decompress and process high trauma exposure.

🛠️ 100+ THERAPEUTIC GROUP SESSIONS
Clinical processing groups and experiential therapy across the country. Sessions integrate structured psychological protocols with equine therapy, carpentry, therapeutic cooking, and agriculture.

🏠 FAMILY UNIT STABILIZATION
Four dedicated couples resilience weekends in Jerusalem, equipping dozens of couples with tools to stabilize communication and recover together.

🤿 SPECIALIZED PHYSIOLOGICAL TOOLS
Diving and breathing regulation workshops for dozens of volunteers, teaching physiological techniques to manage acute stress and anxiety.

🔬 PROFESSIONAL AND MEDICAL COLLABORATION
Direct access to collaborating professionals for urgent interventions, plus a comprehensive academic study measuring PTSD levels and tracking recovery progress across the unit.

❤️ Please consider enabling personalized therapies, experiential renewals (wilderness, diving, horsemanship), family aid, crisis tools, and spiritual support for volunteers: https://t.co/vR3Y6lFfTx

[ZAKA Search and Rescue @ZakaOrg]

❤️ Visit the link for footage, first-hand accounts from volunteers and ways to support their recovery, resilience and continued mission of True Loving-Kindness:

https://t.co/Ulz0Y5jmAy

[ZAKA Search and Rescue @ZakaOrg]

Facing October 7th Together: It is you, ZAKA's partners in True Loving-Kindness, who enable specialized care for volunteers who respond to traumatic scenes of terror attacks and catastrophes.

❤️ Visit the link for footage, first-hand accounts and ways to support.