Members of the Israel-based Zaka rescue organization will fly to France to assist in the recovery efforts of those killed in last week’s plane crash, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported today:

The eight volunteers from the ZAKA International Rescue Unit are scheduled to leave early Monday morning to assist in the search and recovery mission at the site of a crash that killed all 150 people on board.

Along with assisting the local search teams, the ZAKA volunteers will be tasked with recovering and returning for a Jewish burial in Israel the remains of Eyal Baum, an Israeli citizen who was on board the flight that crashed March 24 on the way to Dusseldorf, Germany, from Barcelona, Spain.

The Baum family received permission from Lufthansa, the parent company of Germanwings, to send the ZAKA delegation to assist in the recovery effort.

All on board the flight were killed when, according to authorities, the co-pilot deliberately crashed the plane after locking his fellow pilot out of the cockpit.

Zaka, which was founded in 1989 to aid in the quick response to terror attacks in Israel, has responded to disasters around the world and was recognized by the United Nations in 2005 as an international humanitarian organization.

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