An IDF Search and Rescue intelligence officer recounts how the unit used local data to pinpoint and locate 29 victims inside the rubble after August's devastating earthquake in Cali, Colombia.
Incredible footage from the rubble-strewn streets of Colombia shows IDF rescue units pulling a three-year-old girl safely from the damaged buildings following a deadly earthquake in the region.
Immediately after a deadly earthquake struck Colombia, killing over 280 people and damaging thousands of buildings, the IDF dispatched a search and rescue squad to assist with rescue efforts and rubble clearing.
The team departed from Nevatim Airbase aboard Israeli Air Force aircraft carrying specialized rescue equipment prepared for operations in the earthquake zone.
More than two weeks after two devastating earthquakes struck Venezuela, killing over 3,500 people, IDF officials are still operating in the country, helping local officials assess damage and how to rebuild.
According to official figures released by Venezuelan authorities, the earthquakes killed 3,535 people, injured 16,470 and left more than 17,000 homeless.
Following two earthquakes that struck Venezuela, killing over 1,700 people and injuring thousands more, Israel has dispatched a search and rescue team to help with the recovery efforts.
Following a cluster of earthquakes near the Greek island, Israel's National Security Council held a discussion regarding the potential ramifications for the Jewish state.
Defense Minister Gallant said Israel has some "tens of thousands of structures that we need to address so that in emergencies, people will not become trapped in them."
If an earthquake hits at sea no-one knows until it’s too late. But an Israeli professor believes there’s a cheap and easy early warning solution – the fiber optic communication cables on the seabed.
“A request was received for many victims of the earthquake in Syria, I have instructed that [aid for them to be extended],” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. By JNS.org Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime sent Israel a “near unprecedented” appeal for aid following the severe earthquake that hit the country on Monday. Israel received... Read more »
IsraAID will help distribute essential medical and relief supplies, such as bandages, sterile syringes, gauze, suture kits, tourniquets, painkillers and antibiotics.