At the end of a complex journey: After about 13 hours of travel, the coffin of a deceased person was brought from Egypt to Israel

Chaim Twill
May 13, 2026   
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Zaka Spokesperson

The ZAKA hotline received a report on Monday of a 42-year-old Israeli citizen who collapsed and died during a family vacation, in front of his family, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

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Upon receiving the report, the ZAKA International Division team contacted the family members and accompanied them throughout the process, until the deceased's coffin was brought for burial in the cemetery in Israel.

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Baruch Nidam, director of ZAKA's international division, who commanded the event: "Immediately upon receiving the report of the case, and after completing the process with all the authorities, we quickly prepared and the division team set out with a ZAKA ambulance towards Egypt, collected the deceased's coffin, and began a complex cross-country journey until it arrived at the settlement of Ein Kanya in the Golan Heights, where the deceased lived - and he was brought for burial in the local cemetery.

""From the moment we received the incident, we did not leave the family members, and we assisted them in all procedures with the authorities in Egypt and Israel.".


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