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Before suicide attempt, ZAKA founder said to have faced arrest within days

2 shares Yehuda Meshi-Zahav, former chairman of Israel s ZAKA rescue unit poses for a picture outside his mother home following her death, in the Ultra orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, January 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) An investigation into the numerous allegations of rape and sexual assault against the founder of the ZAKA emergency service was reportedly in an advanced stage ahead of his apparent suicide attempt on Thursday. Police planned to arrest Yehuda Meshi-Zahav at the beginning of next week, as a number of the cases being investigated are within the statute of limitations, Israeli television reports said. According to the reports, there are dozens of additional complaints against Meshi-Zahav that are not within the statute of limitations but can be used as proof of his serial behavior.

ZAKA founder, alleged serial rapist rushed to hospital after suicide attempt

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel s US correspondent based in New York Yehuda Meshi Zahav poses for a picture in Jerusalem on January 19, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) The founder of the Zaka emergency service was found unconscious in his apartment Thursday morning after an apparent suicide attempt less than two months after bombshell reports revealed numerous allegations of rape and sexual assault against him. Magen David Adom medics carried out resuscitation efforts on Yehuda Meshi-Zahav as they rushed him from his apartment in the Givat Ze’ev settlement to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in nearby Jerusalem. A source familiar with matter said he tried to hang himself.

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