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Members of Israel's ZAKA rescue and recovery team at the crash site of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 jet south of Addis Ababa in March 12, 2019 . (ZAKA)
September 11, 2019, 4:57 pm
Remains of second Israeli victim of Ethiopian Airlines crash identified
Body confirmed to be of Avraham Matsliah, 6 months after he and fellow Israeli Shimon Reem were killed when plane went down shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa to Nairobi
By TOI staff
Rescue forces searching for a swimmer who went missing in the sea off Tel Aviv on August 20, 2019. (Flash90)
August 20, 2019, 12:02 pm
Body of swimmer swept away from Tel Aviv beach found
Police and others conducted major search operation after ultra-Orthodox father from Jerusalem went missing during late-night dip
By Stuart Winer
Workers use discarded plastic to pick up debris from the scene where an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff last month, killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, Ethiopia in April 2019. (Courtesy)
June 26, 2019, 10:34 pm
Remains of Israeli victim of March’s Ethiopian Airlines crash identified
Netanyahu thanks his Ethiopian counterpart for efforts to help rescuers, says body of Shimon Reem to be returned to Israel, search to continue to find Avraham Matsliah
By TOI staff
ZAKA volunteers perform the final rites before burying the remains of Holocaust victims at a cemetery just outside Brest, Belarus, on May 22, 2019. (Uladz Hrydzin, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty via AP)
May 22, 2019, 6:47 pm
Remains of 1,214 Holocaust victims laid to rest in Belarus
Bones and personal items re-interred after unearthed by construction workers in city of Brest; building work on site of former Jewish ghetto to restart despite protests
By AP and TOI staff
Rescuers at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 11, 2019. (AP /Mulugeta Ayene)
April 24, 2019, 12:00 pm
Weeks after plane crash, Ethiopia still blocking access to victims’ remains
Relative of one of the 157 killed in the crash says impact site left in disarray, with belongings and remains scattered on the ground, exposed to the elements
By Judah Ari Gross
Firefighters and paramedics at the scene of the house fire, Arnona, Jerusalem, April 8, 2019. (ZAKA)
April 8, 2019, 6:57 pm
Man dies of smoke inhalation after Jerusalem house fire
Firefighters and paramedics rescue man from burning building, but hospital pronounces him dead on arrival
By TOI staff
A boy looks as forensic investigators comb the ground for DNA evidence near a pile of twisted airplane debris at the crash site of an Ethiopian airways operated Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on March 16, 2019 at Hama Quntushele village near Bishoftu in Oromia region. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP)
March 18, 2019, 12:38 pm
Police team dispatched to Ethiopia crash site to search for Israelis’ remains
Israeli delegation includes crime scene investigators, DNA analysts and dentists as local authorities say identification of victims may take 6 months
By TOI staff
Workers collect clothes and other materials, under the instruction of investigators, at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff killing all 157 on board, near Bishoftu, Ethiopia on March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
March 13, 2019, 9:04 pm
Netanyahu talks to Ethiopian PM as Israel pushes for access to plane crash site
PM and other Israeli diplomats are working to get permission from Addis Ababa authorities for ZAKA team to search wreckage for bodies of Israeli victims
By TOI staff and Agencies
ZAKA Chairman Yehuda Meshi-Zahav (2L) gives the Israel team a final briefing before they depart for Ethiopia, March 10, 2018. (Courtesy)
March 11, 2019, 7:51 am
ZAKA dispatches team to search for Israelis killed in Ethiopia plane crash
Emergency responders head to Addis Ababa to help local authorities comb through wreckage of crash that killed 157
By TOI staff and Agencies
A ZAKA diver describes the search for remains of Holocaust survivors in the Danube River in Hungary to Interior Minister Aryeh Deri in January 2019. (Courtesy of ZAKA)
January 16, 2019, 6:38 pm
No remains of Holocaust victims unearthed in sweep of the Danube
Rabbi from Jewish search and rescue group says sonar scans of Budapest river find nothing; second scan planned
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Gord Rand in 'The Runner.' (Lyon Smith)
November 25, 2018, 1:08 am
Toronto play puts spotlight on morality of Israel’s ZAKA rescue organization
Solo performance centers on volunteer group’s decision to treat Jewish terror victims before aiding attack perpetrators — regardless of severity of injuries
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Border Police officers at the scene of a stabbing attack at a police station in Jerusalem's Armon Hanatziv neighborhood on November 14, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 14, 2018, 10:59 pm
4 policemen lightly hurt in Jerusalem stabbing attack
Assailant shot, wounded while carrying out assault at entrance to police station in south of city; one of the officers apparently hurt by friendly fire
By TOI staff and Jacob Magid
Police officers walk outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting yesterday in Pittsburgh, October 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
October 28, 2018, 7:57 pm
Jewish volunteers enter Pittsburgh synagogue to prepare bodies for burial
City police allow ZAKA into Tree of Life building before transferring remains to medical examiner’s office
By JTA
An illustrative photo from the Hiriya landfill site southeast of Tel Aviv. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 9, 2018, 6:24 pm
Man dies after falling into garbage compactor
Preliminary investigation suggests Rehovot death was an accident; victim said to work in waste management for city
By Jacob Magid
The funeral procession in Jerusalem on April 5, 2018, for a one-month old baby who drowned in a hotel jacuzzi in Ashdod. (Screen capture/Walla)
April 5, 2018, 8:10 pm
Haredi radicals grab body of drowned baby from ambulance during funeral
Zaka emergency service says one of its medics beaten by mob as infant who drowned in Jacuzzi buried following court-ordered autopsy, carried out despite ultra-Orthodox protests
By TOI staff
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