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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Or Asraf

Or Asraf's father Patrick eulogizes his son during his funeral on May 6, 2015. Or was the only Israeli fatality from the 7.8 magnitude Nepalese earthquake. (Screen capture: Channel 2)
May 6, 2015, 9:54 pm
Israeli hiker killed in Nepal quake laid to rest
‘Death took hold of you as you walked along happily,’ Or Asraf’s father says at his graveside
By Tamar Pileggi
Or Asraf seen in the Himalayas. (Screen capture: Channel 2 via Facebook)
May 6, 2015, 1:42 am
Remains of Israeli hiker killed in Nepal quake return to Israel
Body of Or Asraf arrives at Ben-Gurion Airport, will be laid to rest in hometown Lehavim on Wednesday
By ToI Staff
An Israeli search and rescue team in Ghodatabel, near the Langtang trekking route, this week. (photo credit: IDF Spokesman's Unit)
May 5, 2015, 11:55 am
Tourists warned away from Nepal as trekkers’ bodies pulled from rubble
Jerusalem says shortage of medical supplies expected in disaster-struck region as death toll rises to 7,557; bodies of nine hikers found in Langtang
By ToI Staff and AFP
Patrick Asraf (L) and his son Or (R) who went missing in Nepal following the April 25 earthquake that has killed thousands in the Asian nation (Photo credit: Channel 2 news)
May 4, 2015, 6:40 pm
Body of Israeli hiker Asraf retrieved in Nepal
Remains of only Israeli casualty from earthquake flown to Kathmandu; will be brought to Israel for burial on Tuesday
By ToI Staff
Police detain an Ethiopian Israeli at an anti-police brutality demonstration in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square on Sunday, May 3, 2015. (photo credit: Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel staff)
May 4, 2015, 3:13 pm
After tear gas clears, tough questions remain
Stones and stun grenades in Rabin Square give way to hand-wringing in media over how protests turned violent, the police response and underlying racial issues plaguing the country
By Joshua Davidovich
Or Asraf seen in the Himalayas. (Screen capture: Channel 2 via Facebook)
May 3, 2015, 4:44 pm
Body of missing Israeli Or Asraf found in Nepal
Emergency relief group says 22-year-old’s body located and identified on Langtang trail; ‘complex’ mission to retrieve body to take place Monday
By ToI Staff
Hundreds of Israelis of Ethiopian origin clash with police at a protest in Jerusalem, called to highlight alleged violence and racism against the community by police, April 30, 2015. (Photo credit: Yonatan SIndel/FLASH90)
May 3, 2015, 2:09 pm
Raising a voice against racism
The Hebrew papers anticipate further protests by the Ethiopian-Israeli community; coalition talks, the search for a missing Israeli hit a snag
By Marissa Newman
An Israeli army medic team carry Krishna Khadka, who was pulled out alive from a collapsed building, to a more thorough medical check at the Israeli field hospital in Kathmandu on May 1 2015. (photo credit: AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
May 3, 2015, 6:24 am
Some of IDF team to leave Nepal, as search persists for missing trekker
Friends, relatives and rescuers keep hope alive for Or Asraf, even as Nepal officials say little chance anyone left alive under rubble
By ToI Staff
Or Asraf seen in the Himalayas. (Screen capture: Channel 2 via Facebook)
May 2, 2015, 5:16 pm
‘Don’t give up on Or,’ pleads family of Israeli missing in Nepal
Government rules out possibility of rescuing any more survivors, says death toll in quake now over 6,800
By ToI Staff and AFP
An Israeli-led rescue team carries Krishna Khadka, who was pulled out alive from a collapsed building on Thursday, April 30 2015, five days after a massive earthquake (AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA)
May 2, 2015, 5:45 am
One week on, Nepal rules out finding more quake survivors
Father, friends of last missing Israeli Or Asraf search ruins of guesthouse he may have visited; death toll tops 6,600; IDF field hospital open for 4th day
By AFP and ToI Staff
Footage from a camera mounted atop an IDF sniffer dog in Nepal (photo credit: YouTube screen cap)
May 2, 2015, 2:31 am
WATCH: Sniffer dog searches for survivors
IDF canine seen combing the ruins following Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Nepal
By ToI Staff
Patrick Asraf (L) and his son Or (R) who went missing in Nepal following the April 25 earthquake that has killed thousands in the Asian nation (Photo credit: Channel 2 news)
May 1, 2015, 11:36 pm
Father of Israeli missing in Nepal pleads for greater search effort
Patrick Asraf insistently optimistic that Or is alive, says more helicopter missions needed to locate him as soon as possible
By ToI Staff and AP
Israeli midwife Dganit Gery sits with Lata and Harendra Chang, whose baby was delivered at the IDF field hospital in Kathmandu on Friday, May 1, 2015. (Photo credit: Melanie Lidman)
May 1, 2015, 6:26 pm
Amid destruction in Nepal, signs of rebirth
Israeli medical teams race against the clock to save earthquake victims, while doctors deliver 3 babies in field hospital
By Melanie Lidman
Illustrative: A Nepalese boy is treated by an Israeli army medic at the Israeli field hospital in Kathmandu on April 30, 2015. (AFP/ MENAHEM KAHANA)
May 1, 2015, 10:59 am
IDF hospital in Nepal treats over 200, search resumes for Or Asraf
Israeli doctors perform 15 life-saving surgeries on wounded Nepalese; 2 helicopters set out to find last missing Israeli
By ToI Staff
Or Asraf seen in the Himalayas. (Screen capture: Channel 2 via Facebook)
May 1, 2015, 6:28 am
As death toll tops 6,200, search continues for last missing Israeli
Rescue team forced to cut efforts short on Thursday due to weather; Netanyahu thanks Modi for Indian role in rescuing nationals
By ToI Staff
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