Shuki Becker, head of the weekly ZAKA team in Jerusalem, together with volunteers Bentzi Leizerovitz and Chaim Landi, said: "This was a man of about 60 who lived alone with no family in the country. The landlord who came to the property noticed an unusual smell rising from the apartment and called emergency services. Fire and rescue teams broke into the flat, where the man was found without signs of life. An MDA team that was called to the scene was forced to confirm his death."
The volunteers added: "This was a difficult and complex scene, with the apartment filled with large quantities of waste and objects. Together with additional ZAKA volunteers, we worked at the location for an extended time to preserve kavod hameis and collect all the findings."
The current case joins a series of similar incidents that have occurred in recent months across the country. Last May, two bodies were found in a state of decomposition within less than 24 hours, one in the city of Ma'alot and the other in Tel Aviv, with both cases involving people who lived alone.
ZAKA volunteers emphasize that they are encountering such scenes with increasing frequency, with apartments often filled with waste and objects, making it difficult to care for kavod hameis. The organization continues to operate in all such cases while maintaining strict adherence to the honor of the niftar and collecting all findings required for burial according to halachah.
