Baruch Nidam, ZAKA's international division chief, said Monday evening that ZAKA teams are on site in Montreal following the shooting incident, and are closely monitoring the condition of the wounded together with the local Jewish community.
ZAKA international division head Baruch Nidam said Monday evening that ZAKA teams have arrived on site in Montreal following the shooting incident and are closely monitoring the condition of the wounded together with the local Jewish community. Nidam's statement, reported by Channel 12, did not specify the number of casualties or the precise location. The update follows a thread of evolving reports from the scene.
Earlier Monday, at 20:46 Jerusalem, ZAKA first reported multiple security force members killed and wounded in the Montreal shooting, with initial statements saying there were no Jewish casualties. By 21:52 Jerusalem, additional reports described two dead near a Chabad center and the gunman neutralized. At 21:54 Jerusalem, a Montreal Jewish community source reported that Michael Mizrahi, a well-known community member, was mistakenly killed by police fire — a claim that conflicted with the earlier ZAKA assessment. An appeal published at 21:41 Jerusalem identified a seriously wounded victim by his Hebrew prayer name as Michael Moshe ben Miriam.
At 22:02 Jerusalem, The Zioneer published that the Jewish civilian wounded in the incident had died of his wounds, according to ZAKA's international division chief. This was followed at 22:06 Jerusalem by the Israeli consul in Montreal confirming fatalities and wounded to i24NEWS, as multiple gunmen reportedly held hostages in a supermarket. Background reporting from Israel's Consul General in New York cited incitement against Israel and Jews as a contributing factor.
The full casualty count remains unconfirmed, and the sequence of events — including the relationship between the Chabad center scene, the supermarket hostage report, and the identification of Michael Mizrahi — has not been authoritatively reconciled. Police activity continues at the scene.
4 developments
- StrongNew footage from Montreal attack scene shows police operation underway
- StrongZAKA retracts earlier report: Jewish man in Canada was seriously wounded, not murdered
- DevelopingIsrael's NYC consul general discusses Montreal shooting with Canadian counterpart
- DevelopingWZO Chairman Yaakov Hagoel: Montreal shooting a 'wake-up call' for Canada
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