Report: New allegations that ZAKA founder raped woman 4 years ago

Police have received new information on an alleged victim of ZAKA founder Yehuda Meshi-Zahav — a woman who claims he raped her four years ago, Channel 13 news reports.

The woman is said to allege that Meshi-Zahav sexually assaulted her in a Jerusalem hotel.

No official complaint has so far been filed.

Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, chairman of the ZAKA emergency response organization, on February 4, 2010. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Police have been searching for recent cases of alleged abuse by Meshi-Zahav in their inquiry into his affairs, as most of the multiple complaints that have come to light against him in recent days are too old to be taken to trial.

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