The position of the United States, the UN, the EU, and Russia about what a legitimate Palestinian government would look... Indeed, it wasn’t until 1989, at the age of 30, that he gradually underwent a shift in perception. The turning point — and the event that would eventually lead to the creation of ZAKA — was the Palestinian Islamic Jihad attack on an inter-city Tel Aviv-Jerusalem bus. Sixteen people were killed, including two Canadians and one American, and 27 others were wounded when a terrorist grabbed the steering wheel from the driver, forcing the vehicle over a steep embankment into a ravine, where it caught fire.