ZAKA volunteers operating in Venezuela recovered the body of a local woman from a structurally dangerous collapse site, after local rescue teams refused to enter. Her son, who requested Israeli help, joined volunteers in reciting Psalms at an improvised memorial.
ZAKA volunteers in Venezuela entered a complex collapse site to recover the body of a local mother after other rescue teams refused to enter due to structural hazards. According to the C14 news outlet, the son approached the Israeli team, saying, 'Come help, because nobody wants to help us now.'
The volunteers, who were already in Venezuela on a separate humanitarian mission, extracted the body from the difficult scene. The son, a Christian, told them he had dreamed that Jews would come to save and help. At his request, volunteers and family members recited Psalm 121 ('I lift up my eyes to the hills') over the site. The son reportedly said, 'I need people to know what Israel is.'
The story was first published by C14, an Israeli media outlet. ZAKA typically does not document such sensitive moments but complied with the son's request to record and distribute the footage.
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