Five Israelis were killed Friday in a traffic accident in Morocco.
Later in the day, it was cleared for publication that five were residents of the city of Tzfat in northern Israel. The five victims were identified as: Moshe Gallant (18), Yisrael Meir Shasha (25), Rabbi Natan Shapira (36), Yosef Haim Teflinsky (20), and Rabbi Shimon Teflinsky (33).
The five are part of a group that traveled to Morocco to visit the gravesites of righteous Jews.
ZAKA reported that the traffic accident took place at about 10:00 a.m. local time, near the city of Ouarzazate in south-central Morocco. The vehicle in which the five were traveling apparently lost control and overturned, killing all of the travelers.
Haim Weingarten, Deputy Director General of ZAKA, said: "From the moment we received a report of this difficult incident, our international unit has been working with Moroccan authorities to speed up the process of identifying and releasing the bodies, as well as to aid the families in everything related to bringing them for burial."
A few months ago, Israel's National Security Council recommended avoiding unnecessary travel to Morocco, and raised the threat level to Level 3 - moderate threat, explaining that the decision was made "in light of the concern that terror sources will try to harm Israelis staying in Morocco."