'We Were Sure We Would Die'
Chabad emissaries in Nepal recount the horrific first moments of the mega-quake which devastated the nation.
Chabad emissaries in Nepal recount the horrific first moments of the mega-quake which devastated the nation.
Earthquake near Mount Everest the second major quake in three weeks; aftershocks already rippling through Nepal, India.
Chabad Center's Rabbi and Rebetzin Lifshitz say they're in touch with around 100 Israelis in the area.
Welcoming ceremony held Tuesday morning just as second quake hit; Netanyahu thanks delegation for making Israel proud.
1,600 Nepalese treated over a three-week period; hospital holds closing ceremony.
Israelis encouraged to reconsider travel plans as the country takes time to rebuild.
Prime Minister Netanyahu tells Or Assraf's family that he was "a heroic soldier who fought for the security of Israel's citizens".
Israeli search and rescue organization Zaka reported that it has found the body of Israeli hiker Or Assraf.
Items from missing 22 year-old's backpack found, though his fate remains uncertain.
Friends of Or Assraf who had been with him on his trek in Nepal said that it appeared that he fell from a cliff when the earthquake struck.
Eight days after earthquake, IDF to begin slow return home; part of the delegation to stay to search for Or Assaraf, run hospital.
A 15-year-old Nepalese boy was brought into the IDF's field hospital after miraculously surviving for 5 days in the rubble.
Search-and-rescue copters from the Home Front Command leave for Langtang; death toll up to 6,100.
As of Thursday, the IDF field hospital in Nepal has treated more than 200 patients.
Patrick Assaraf, father of 22-year-old Or Assaraf who is missing in Nepal, urges decision-makers to step up efforts to locate his son.
Assraf family hopes for second shot of good luck for missing son in Nepal who also survived shrapnel injuries during Protective Edge.
'Israel is helping us, we'll be okay then' - man who worked in Israel thanks IDF for fixing his mother's leg broken in earthquake disaster.
International effort: US, Nepalese teams rescue 11-year-old girl, 15-year-old boy who miraculously survived for days under the rubble.
"We will do our best to save as many lives as we can," says the head of the IDF's humanitarian mission in Nepal.
When Etti Buskila inquired into putting daughter on early flight back from Nepal, El Al said it would cost $1,180 - before flip-flopping.
On a trek in the Far East, Rabbi Avihai Rontzki is coming face to face with Israelis' spiritual thirst.
New video documents IDF evacuating stranded Israeli tourists to field hospital, and efforts there to save wounded Nepalese.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, one of the largest charities in the world, gets its boots on the ground in Nepal.
After five days of trekking through destruction in the Nepalese countryside, three Israelis managed to reach the Chabad House in Katmandu.
After Israeli rescue helicopters were attacked by desperate locals, citizens told to evacuate the area immediately.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin hosts the children of the Chabad emissaries rescuing hikers in Kathmandu. Family: It's our mission.
Desperate survivors attack gov't buildings, intercept aid transports, as anger boils over at inadequate response.
IDF opens field hospital to treat 200 a day with 50 tons of equipment; 10 stranded Israelis rescued from near frozen lakes area.
The Chabad House in Kathmandu has been doing its best to help all who need help - and as a result, it needs financial help.
Hiker the last Israeli missing in Nepal; parents say they are optimistic he will be found.
Hikers rescued after days stranded in the wilderness, will receive warm food and shelter.
Firestorm over ex-MK's thoughts about the gay men who hired surrogate mothers for the babies now being extricated.
One rescued traveler recounts his ordeal to Arutz Sheva - and praises Chabad's handling of the situation.
The IDF aid delegation has arrived in Nepal, to assist in rescue efforts after terrible earthquake.
El-Al flight includes 15 infants; two premature babies evacuated to hospital. Netanyahu: we will continue to search for the missing.
Israel works with Nepal to rescue stranded hikers, who have reportedly faced violence from locals; 216 due to return Tuesday at noon.
Netanyahu orders efforts to concentrate on Everest and frozen lakes area, as Israeli team digs Israelis and locals alike from the rubble.
Fifty Israelis still unaccounted for; situation becomes complex as Nepalese locals begin to burn bodies.
Nepalese authorities reappraise death toll at 3,218 as new bodies continue to be found, and aftershocks continue to wreak terror.
Chabad continues to serve hot meals to stranded Israelis despite lack of electricity, damage.
Helicopter mission gets stuck tourists out of Everest area; mother of one tourist gets panicked message from mountain-locked daughter.
Aircraft with 200 medical staff and Home Front Command officers arrives in Nepal. Four more aircraft to arrive in the coming hours.
Magen David Adom escorts five surrogate families from Kathmandu as rescue operation continues.
Military plane carrying stranded Israeli infants and their families touches down in Israel in early hours of the morning; more to follow.
Small protest erupts in front of the Foreign Ministry as parents state that the only information they receive is from the media.
MDA paramedic reveals how the situation in Nepal has deteriorated since Sunday, adds that no Israelis are seriously injured.
Foreign Ministry still looking for 250 unaccounted-for Israelis after the worst earthquake in 81 years.
Israel medical NGOs embark on unprecedented joint-mission to earthquake-struck Nepal; 'This is tikkun olam at its best.'
US Secretary of State sends 'heartfelt sympathies' to the people of Nepal after earthquake, notes Washington is sending rescue team.
Watch IDF briefings ahead of rescue crew departure; Netanyahu praises 'true face of Israel,' Rivlin lauds 'messenger angels.'
IsraAID to be one of the first Israeli groups on the scene with a team of rescuers, and they need Israeli and Diaspora help to pull it off.
Forty doctors, nurses to set up field hospital at earthquake site; two El-Al 747s drafted to transport the delegation.
Israelis who traveled to Kathmandu for surrogate births now fear for their lives, beg rescue services to save them from cold, exposure.
Babies and surrogate mothers along with Israeli parents to be 'first on plane' in rescue operation from Nepal earthquake.
Israel's rescue organizations to send a joint delegation to assist in the aftermath of devastating Nepal earthquake.
No Israeli casualties yet reported, but some 200 still missing; Chabad center lightly damaged, now a refugee center.
The return flight is expected to carry survivors of the disaster as well as 24 babies born through surrogacy.
Netanyahu says a rescue delegation including medical elements will be dispatched as soon as possible.