ZAKA
![October 7th Hamas massacre](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/02/22/17425b50-d18e-11ee-bf85-77a8e5aca77e__h331_w650.jpg)
A resident of central Israel volunteering for ZAKA in the days following the October 7 attack found a discarded machine gun in Be'eri that belonged to the terrorists and brought it back as a "souvenir."
![The menorah found among the ruins of Kibbutz Nir Oz.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/07/5408a430-950d-11ee-bc90-59b57f711904__h331_w650.png)
Simchat Torah Massacre, Hannukah
While searching for the bodies of the missing, ZAKA volunteers found a menorah in one of the houses of Kibbutz Nir Oz.
![Despite Obstacles, ZAKA's Heroic Efforts Continue](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/19/c382d900-86e1-11ee-8c78-a91dcb9f8533__h367_w512.png)
Israel-Gaza War, Sponsored Content
As Israel continues to grapple with the aftermath of October 7, ZAKA faces unprecedented challenges.
![Collecting the belongings of the murdered](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/04/e2d82b60-7b4d-11ee-992b-1b516497ddb9__h331_w650.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War, News
Hundreds of ZAKA volunteers are currently working at the massacre sites to clean up the remains of blood and separate them from the other findings of the murdered. They transfer the clean objects to the unit's warehouse to return them to the families of the murdered.
![Buckling Under the Strain: ZAKA Spokesperson Evacuated to Hospital](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/24/3fd7b940-724b-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.png)
Israel-Gaza War
ZAKA Spokesperson Motti Bokchin, who made the horrors of the Simchat Torah Massacre public knowledge, collapsed tonight and taken to the hospital.
![Looking for the dead among the ruins.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/18/991d6450-6de6-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpeg)
News
ZAKA volunteers called up by the IDF found the bodies, treated them, and said kaddish for them. Watch:
![Illustration.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/18/2ffb24b0-6dcf-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpg)
News
Over 80% of those civilians killed in the massacre and sent for identification have now been identified.
![Ezer MiZion activist: "They didn't come to kill us, they came to massacre"](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/09/ff264640-66bb-11ee-9c9b-03b32e04a4fc__h331_w650.jpeg)
"They Came to Massacre"
Zeev Freund descended to the Gaza envelope with a ZAKA team in order to collect the casualties in the south, and he shared his difficult experience in an interview: "I saw very difficult and painful things, this is the saddest day of my life"