Haaretz investigation: A religious organization published false accounts about October 7. Zakat Al-Quds prevented competing organizations from entering the sites in which they were assigned to work.
The investigation revealed that Zakka Jerusalem was facing financial problems and debts, and that after the October 7 attacks, it was to collect more than 50 million shekels ($13.7 million) Zakka members began collecting the bodies of the dead immediately after October 7 (Israeli press) The investigation indicated that some of the activities of the organization - which, on the eve of the war, was involved in millions of shekel in debt - were directed towards fundraising, public relations, media interviews and donor tours.