{"id":1813,"date":"2023-03-03T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T14:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.israelreport.org\/?p=1813"},"modified":"2025-06-11T09:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T07:55:20","slug":"380-israeli-aid-workers-in-turkey-after-earthquake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.israelreport.org\/en\/380-israeli-aid-workers-in-turkey-after-earthquake\/","title":{"rendered":"380 Israeli aid workers in Turkey after earthquake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen landed in Turkey in mid-February to show solidarity with the country after the earthquake that took the lives of tens of thousands and forced millions to flee. By then, 280 Israeli aid workers had already been on site for over a week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo: President of Turkey Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen visited Turkey and met the country\u2019s President Erdogan<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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E<\/span>li Cohen met both President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu during his visit to Ankara. Upon landing in Turkey, Cohen said he\u2019d come to extend \u201cthe condolences of the Israeli people\u201d to Erdogan and Cavusoglu.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael stands alongside Turkey at this difficult time and will continue to assist through the activities of our forces and by providing humanitarian aid,\u201d he added. For security reasons Israel kept the visit secret until Cohen landed, reports The Times of Israel, and by mid-February, the number of confirmed dead had risen to nearly 40,000.<\/p>\n

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dispatched an initial delegation as early as Monday evening, less than a day after the earthquake the same morning, February 6. This was followed by a larger 150-person delegation early Tuesday morning. On Wednesday a field hospital together with 230 medical personnel was then sent to Turkey, further expanding Israeli aid.<\/p>\n

The Israeli military hospital is regularly sent to various disaster areas to provide humanitarian aid in natural disasters, such as earthquakes, wildfires, floods and collapsed buildings. The field hospital was also deployed in Ukraine after Russia\u2019s invasion of the country a year ago.<\/p>\n

In a video statement addressing the decision to send a field hospital, the head of the IDF Medical Corps, Brigadier General Dr. Elon Glassberg said,<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a difficult hour for the Turkish nation and we are proud that we can come and assist. The capacity to send a hospital to another country is almost unique and we are proud to be the ones to come and help. Few countries can do such a thing. We have done it before, and we will do it again, as always, with professionalism and a sense of responsibility and pride \u2026 we want to bring honour to the State of Israel.\u201c<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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23-year-old woman rescued<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Overnight early Tuesday, a rescue operation was able to save a 23-year-old woman who\u2019d been trapped under the rubble since Monday morning.<\/p>\n

\u2013 The rescue involved a lot of engineering skilled work, as well as that of doctors and paramedics when the 23-year-old woman finally emerged, in good health except for a pelvic fracture, said team leader Matan Schneider. After the rescue, the young woman was able to return to her fianc\u00e9. The mission to rescue the woman took four and a half hours from start to finish and was done after the team were told about noises coming from rubble on the side of the road they were traveling on.<\/p>\n

The IDF\u2019s rescue mission in Turkey, which was dubbed \u201cOperation Olive Branches\u201d took place in collaboration with Turkish and international counterparts, and was prepared to handle extreme weather conditions. In the first week, the IDF rescued 19 people. They also provided medical assistance to the injured at a local hospital in the city of Kahramanmara\u015f. The medical team came to Turkey with seventeen tons of medical equipment and 10 tons of logistical and administrative equipment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Close to 40,000 dead<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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PM Benjamin Netanyahu said already on the day of the earthquake that Israel also plans to send aid to Syria, including tents, medicine and blankets. In his condolences to Turkish Foreign Minister Mevl\u00fct \u00c7avu\u015fo\u011flu, Israeli Foreign Minister, Eli Cohen expressed his deep sorrow at the loss of life and pledged to act to provide aid to Turkey. Also, Israeli President Isaac Herzog spoke with Turkish President Erdogan on Monday, according to a statement from Herzog\u2019s office. Herzog offered his condolences on behalf of the people of Israel, and Erdogan similarly expressed his consolation for the victims of last week\u2019s terror attack in the Neveh Ya\u2019acov neighborhood of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n

Israel was one of the first nations to offer Turkey aid after the devastating earthquakes in the region. Following the earthquake, Netanyahu ordered the head of the National Security Council, Tzachi Hanegbi, to evaluate Israel\u2019s preparedness to meet earthquakes. Israel\u2019s military confirmed that a minor earthquake was felt in Israel the day after the one in Turkey, causing tremors in Jerusalem and in areas close to Ramallah. The quake had a magnitude of 3.5 and its epicenter was approximately 15 km southeast of the settlement of Ariel, according to a report from the Ministry of Energy\u2019s seismology department. Previous to that, a smaller earthquake in the Jerusalem area and near the Dead Sea reached a magnitude of 4.4. Experts have warned that the Israeli infrastructure is not sufficiently prepared for a major earthquake.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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