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The police announced on Sunday that they will open a formal investigation into Meshi-Zahav, following accusations of sexual assault and exploitation of women, men, and children revealed in a Haaretz report on Thursday. On Friday, in the wake of the report and the police s announcement that they had opened a probe into the claims against him, Meshi-Zahav announced that he will be relinquishing his prize and stepping down from his role at the organization.
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav arrived on Monday, on his own initiative, at the Israel Police s Lahav 433 unit tasked with investigating the Zaka rescue organization founder for alleged sexual offenses, to provide his side of the story and was subsequently turned away. The officer told him that his version could not be heard at this time because he has not yet been summoned to an interrogation or to give testimony.