Israeli doctor killed by wild elephant in Nepal

Shmuel Buikner, an Israeli doctor in his 30s has been killed by a wild elephant in Nepal on Friday. Read more

Israel sends Nepal vital supplies to fight COVID-19 pandemic

Israel on Wednesday sent Nepal supplies meant to help the country battle the coronavirus pandemic battering its population. The South Asian nation has recorded more than 650,000 cases of the virus so far, almost 9,300 deaths. Read more

Nepal: IsraAID team finds woman still alive after five days

IsraAID’s Search and Rescue Team (SAR) in Kathmandu has rescued a young woman five days after a catastrophic hit Nepal. Read more

Chabad Nepal rabbi’s children evacuated to Israel

As he continues to follow closely the developments in Nepal and the progress of Israel’s aid mission there, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has hosted the children of  the Lubavitch Chabad emissaries based in Nepal. Read more

At work in Nepal

The Joint Israelife Disaster Response team, comprising volunteers from ZAKA, United Hatzolah and F.I.R.S.T, attended to about thirty injured Nepalese yesterday in the small, far-flung villages east of Kathmandu. Read more

Israeli and Jewish groups on frontline of Nepal earthquake relief efforts

After a devastating earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit the impoverished mountainous country of Nepal over the weekend, killing at least 3,800 people, Israeli and Jewish humanitarian and governmental organisations have assumed their traditional role on the frontline of relief efforts for a natural disaster. Read more