Jerusalem, Israel - 1-Dec-08 
Mumbai Chabad House aftermath |
Close to 06:00 Israel time this morning (1 December), members of the Israel delegation
from the Foreign Ministry and the Israel Police victim identification unit arrived
in Mumbai. Immediately after their arrival, the ZAKA volunteers, who had spent the
entire Shabbat guarding the bodies in Chabad House, were divided into three groups.
The first group returned to Chabad House with Chabad emissaries in order to collect
the last human remains from the site, as well as the Torah scrolls. These were found,
still in the Ark, but ridden with bullet holes, denoting the ferocity of the attack
that took place there. ... more
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Jerusalem, Israel - 29-Nov-08 
ZAKA volunteers inside Mumbai Chabad House |
For the eight ZAKA volunteers who left their families at a moment's notice to offer assistance in the unfolding terror attack at the Chabad House in Mumbai, this Shabbat was one they will never forget. Without food, drink or sleep, they endangered their own lives to honor the dead, the victims of the horrific shooting that took the lives of eight Israelis, including the Chabad Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivki.
On arrival in Mumbai in the early hours of Friday morning, the ZAKA team, led by Haim Weingarten and Mati Goldstein, were taken straight from the airport to a ... more
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26-Nov-08 
Terror Attacks in Mumbai |
Within hours of receiving word of the unfolding terror attacks in Mumbai and the hostage situation at the Chabad House, the volunteer ZAKA rescue and recovery organization mobilized an international response team of two ZAKA paramedics and a further 6 ZAKA volunteers.
The team, headed by ZAKA volunteer and medic Mati Goldstein, is now on its way to Turkey in a private jet chartered by the volunteer organization with the help of an anonymous donor.
The parents of Rivki Holtzberg, the Israeli-born wife of Chabad Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, are also on the flight with the ZAKA response team. News services are quoting ... more
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