ZAKA

== Casualties and injuries ==
Several ZAKA volunteers died as a result of the [[2023 Hamas attack on Israel|October 7th, 2023 Hamas attack]]. Danny Vovk, a ZAKA volunteer driver, was killed during the [[Netiv HaAsara massacre]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danny Vovk, 45: ZAKA diver 'fended off 20 terrorists' before death |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/danny-vovk-45-zaka-diver-fended-off-20-terrorists-before-death/ |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=Times of Israel |language=en-US}}</ref> Volunteer Motti Botzkin suffered a stress induced heart attack after 16 days of caring for and identifying bodies following the attack.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Posner |first=Menachem |date=October 29, 2023 |title=The Painful, Painstaking Work of Israel's Burial Societies |url=https://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/6150640/jewish/The-Painful-Painstaking-Work-of-Israels-Burial-Societies.htm |access-date=October 30, 2023 |publisher=[[Chabad]]}}</ref>

Widespread psychological trauma was reported among ZAKA volunteers as a result of the scenes that they worked to clean.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Frenkel |first=Sheera |date=2024-01-15 |title=They Thought They Knew Death, but That Didn't Prepare Them for Oct. 7 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/15/world/middleeast/they-thought-they-knew-death-but-that-didnt-prepare-them-for-oct-7.html |access-date=2024-01-15 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>